The Mediterranean diet: setting things straight
People are excited about the many benefits of the so-called “Mediterranean diet”. But what is
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We are more creative than we think
The Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling used to say “I think I think harder, think more than other people do” to explain his remarkable creative performances. And he was probably right: not everyone could have unravelled the mystery of how atoms are arranged and bounded together (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1954). Yet, does it mean that creativity isn’t within everyone’s reach? What is creativity really and how can we master it?
The truth about lies: what does research tell us about deception?
Without a doubt, lying is an inconvenient, though inevitable, part of human existence. This blog
Is love blind? Assortative mating says “no”
What qualities do we look for in our search for “the one”? Evidence from assortative
Risky decision-making through an epidemic lens
After weeks of strict regulations, experts are deciding how we can leave lockdown without too many risks to our society. Importantly though, merely the way we describe risks can influence which strategy we choose.
This is why we stick to false beliefs even in a pandemic
Besides an alarming death toll, a shrinking world economy, and a renewed appreciation for thorough handwashing, the current COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed humans everywhere to another contagion: belief in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Why is it that some people tend to stick to false beliefs?
Please stop hiding that you talk to yourself
We all talk to ourselves on a regular basis, and some of us get embarrassed
Solving pieces of the ADHD puzzle: trajectories of ADHD
ADHD outcomes can take different paths as patients grow up. In an effort to predict and therefore possibly prevent severe ADHD outcomes, researchers at the Donders Institute are currently running an exciting study. I’m a research assistant in this special project. Read on for some insider facts about it!
How to puzzle perception? A debate inside your brain
All day long we predict what we think we’re seeing. But sometimes groups of neurons in our brain disagree and start to compete. This is how images can get quite confusing.
How do the stories we tell ourselves shape our experience?
“We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.” — Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human