What is PET-scan and what does it measure?
Just like a firefly glows when it inhales oxygen, our brains can light up when functioning with the help of PET scans.
Cognition
How do we measure brain activity with an MRI scanner?
At the Donders Institute, we use functional MRI to map brain activity. We do this by measuring the increase in oxygenated blood that accompanies neuronal activity.
One thing to forget?
Can you imagine a life without forgetting? The truth is that erasing outdated or meaningless memories is just as important as creating new ones, both facilitate the ability to learn while generalizing.
Why do you want to squeeze what’s cute?
Want to squeeze the life out of a tiny fluffy kitten? Well, you are not alone.
The brain on change
Change is stressful and can be hard to accept, but our brains are up to the challenge.
Virtual faces are not as engaging as real faces, says the brain
Do our brains tell the same story when we look at real and virtual faces? It appears, not quite. If virtual faces are not exactly the real deal, should we use them in psychology and neuroscience research?
The Soap Opera Effect: when your brain does not like your new TV
A film on a fancy TV can feel fake. This is because our brain uses previous experience to interpret the world.
Aversive to touch, not to humans
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.
Visual Reorientation Illusion: When the world looks the same but feels different
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.
Incompetent people are said to overestimate their own capabilities. Is that actually the case?
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.