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Is there really an off switch for fear? 

By Lucas Geelen / 14 September 2026
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How Estrogen Shapes the Female Brain

By Eirini Papazoglou / 31 August 2026
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What goes wrong in the brain when I lose focus?

By Guest Blogger / 17 August 2026
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More than sensitive: the brain of highly sensitive people is tuned differently

By Guest Blogger / 13 April 2026
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Collective and diverse intelligence: something beyond cognitive science

By Siddharth Chaturvedi / 6 April 2026
Need a good idea? Dare to daydream?
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Need a good idea? Dare to daydream?

By Judith Scholing / 7 November 2022

When you stop focusing and start daydreaming, the so-called default mode network of your brain becomes active, producing new or creative ideas.

How the mind roams free when the body is dying?
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How the mind roams free when the body is dying?

By Viola Hollestein / 28 October 2022

People who have faced death report seeing a white light at the end of a tunnel, experiencing their life flashing before their eyes, or feeling like they have left their physical body. What might be causing these experiences?

Love at first sight? The science behind speed dating
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Love at first sight? The science behind speed dating

By Marlijn ter Bekke / 24 October 2022

What information do we use to quickly decide whether we find someone attractive? And what happens in the body when two people find each other attractive during a speed date?

Do you speak body motion ?
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Do you speak body motion ?

By Kim Beneyton / 17 October 2022

In Canada, dancers and researchers collaborated to develop dance as the universal body language for interacting with people suffering from dementia.

Nostalgia, the lighthouse of memory
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Nostalgia, the lighthouse of memory

By Christienne Damatac / 10 October 2022

Nostalgia is a deliberate and bittersweet emotion that connects us to ourselves and other people. It reminds us of the sweeter moments of our lives and the irreversibility of time.

Hypno..what??
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Hypno..what??

By Martina Arenella / 29 September 2022

I bet you have heard of hypnosis. Do you really know though how it affects our brain and our behavior?

Mindfulness is less helpful for combating stress in young people
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Mindfulness is less helpful for combating stress in young people

By Julija Vaitonyte / 19 September 2022

For thousands of children and teenagers, September marks the return to school, and with it the associated stress. Can stress be countered with mindfulness training in youth? The findings of a large-scale project suggest that it cannot be, really.

What high sensitivity feels like for adults
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What high sensitivity feels like for adults

By Guest Blogger / 12 September 2022

Everyone is sensitive to environmental stimuli, but the degree to which we are sensitive differs between individuals. This infographic describes the latest scientific insight on what high sensitivity feels like for adults.

Mathematical Secrets of Nature’s Beauty?
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Mathematical Secrets of Nature’s Beauty?

By Francesca Abela / 5 September 2022

Alan Turing was an excellent mathematician and codebreaker. Less is known about his great contribution to the field of biology: he spent the last years of his life developing mathematical theories to describe the patterns we see in nature

What is PET-scan and what does it measure?
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What is PET-scan and what does it measure?

By Ping Chen / 29 August 2022

Just like a firefly glows when it inhales oxygen, our brains can light up when functioning with the help of PET scans.

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