Music has a big influence on many different parts of our brain: the auditory cortex, the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the limbic system. So music influences the system that assists the analyzing of volume, speed, melody and rhythm; this process helps to memorize text and melody, evokes associative images and…
You are not the only PhD student who suffers from a loss of motivation from time to time. Rather: it would be very unusual if you didn’t. A project of four years will undoubtedly have moments where things don’t go that smooth as you imagine. If you want to be…
A fun film to watch. It shows us that focussed observations can lead to big scientific discoveries. Adam Savage will explain. Listen and quiver. And focus on observing. What is happening around you? This will for sure help you with your thesis! Do you want to stay informed about…
Do you recognize this? You need to do something, but it doesn’t happen, you start thinking about it and it becomes more and more complicated. Which means you are even less motivated to do it. So you will think even more about it, so it becomes increasingly complicated….. The bottom…
What is it that makes you successful? Is it because you are smart, you have a great analytical brain or are very creative? Or is it just luck that some people have success and others don’t. The analyst and former researcher Richard St. John researched it all and explains in…
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day has done a brilliant experiment. He had a bicycle made that turns the opposite way of steering. So if you steer to the right, you will go left and the other way round. What will happen? Watch the film. Why is this so interesting?…
