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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.
How gender-neutral is language?
Research shows that with supposedly neutral terms we still automatically think of men.
The mind’s eye is like a real eye
Research from the Donders institute reveals that imagining something can be very much like seeing it with your eyes, and vice versa.
Your second language doesn’t mind some champagne
It appears that drinking a glass of champagne does not impair your pronunciation in a second language, and sometimes even improves it.
The science of science communication
From flatulence to river: experts and laymen don’t always agree about the meaning of words.
Donders Wonders wins NWO Communication Award
We’re proud to announce: Donders Wonders, the Donders Institute’s science blog, has won the Communication
The terrifying function of the eyes
A recent study showed that painting eyes on the buttocks of cattle can save them
Two tips to not be fooled by misleading graphs!
You regularly come across graphs on television, in the newspaper and on the internet. Unfortunately,