Donders Wonders

A film on a fancy TV can feel fake. This is because our brain uses previous experience to interpret the world.

We experience the world through our senses. What happens though when sensory inputs become too much (or too little) to bear from a very young age? Surely, the world must feel different, and our experience of it would change along.

A man reports his whole world frequently flips by 90 degrees. He is not alone. Researchers at the Donders institute aim to investigate this curious phenomenon.

It is often said that incompetent people overestimate themselves and competent people underestimate themselves. However, this so-called ‘Dunning-Kruger’ effect may not be the phenomenon that people think it is.

Less well-known than the placebo effect yet just as remarkable: the nocebo effect causes you to experience more complaints because of negative expectations of a drug or your health.

Research reveals the unique capability of dogs to understand humans. One look at our face while carefully listening to our voice and they can make sense of our emotional state.

Almost all of us have experienced love in all of its forms at least once in our lives, but what are its effects on our brains?

Research shows that after subtle use of Botox others can still recognise the way you feel.

Sharing goals with friends may lead to fewer accomplishments for some people while more chance of success for others.

In our day, we are constantly asked to tell left from right. Why it is so common for people to confuse the two?