The new way of working (from home)
Working from home is challenging, but it can teach you to be very efficient by working in short cycles, taking good breaks, and by integrating work and private life instead of separating them.
Working from home is challenging, but it can teach you to be very efficient by working in short cycles, taking good breaks, and by integrating work and private life instead of separating them.
Information is everywhere; how sure can we be of its authenticity?
When I started my master’s thesis project, I was interested in understanding how animals perceive
Do you know that sudden feeling of familiarity when you sense something and it seems like you have already experienced it before? The French call it déjà vu. And neuroscientists from around the world try to define its nature.
Experience is biased by expectations and verbal communications but gets better with time.
Many of us may not give much thought to the sense of touch. Yet two
You may be misleading your taste buds with artificial sweeteners, but your brain is not so easy to deceive.
A threat! One person runs away while the other faces the fight. How do we decide what to do? Research shows that our body’s freeze reaction plays a role in these types of decisions.
Imagine that every detail you see, hear or smell triggers your thoughts simultaneously. From every tiny inscription on the packaging to all the massive sales signs, from a nearby whisper to the distant traffic… It is all too much to sense at once: this is what sensory overload feels like.
We can all agree that weather and seasonal changes affect us. But how much this has to do with our brain?