Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one (A. Einstein)
When I started my master’s thesis project, I was interested in understanding how animals perceive
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Having a happy vacation? Not what you experience but what you think
Experience is biased by expectations and verbal communications but gets better with time.
Regular or diet soda: Can you taste the difference? Your brain certainly does
You may be misleading your taste buds with artificial sweeteners, but your brain is not so easy to deceive.
The mundanity of excellence: an interactive discussion among 40 scientists
Do you know excellence may be achieved easily? Check how scientists think of it!
Gardening against stress
Gardening is not just cheaper than therapy, it also gives you tomatoes…
Why so curious?
Curiosity is an important motivator in our search for knowledge. Research shows that we are mostly curious about information that reduces uncertainty about our world
Zooming out during your video calls?
Videoconferencing is often experienced as more exhausting than live meetings, but why is that?
The nature versus nurture debate is a chicken-egg scramble
Is our behavior shaped by nature or by nurture, that is, by genes or by environment? Nature and nurture are not exactly like chicken and egg, but more like one big chicken-egg scramble that simmers continuously throughout our lives and is stirred and seasoned all the time.
Make a Snowface and challenge your brain
Press your face firmly into the snow and the imprint looks like the real thing. This optical illusion reveals how your brain functions.