Recharge overview
How culture impacts your brain
Our brains adapt to our everyday life and social context. Even integrated cultural values shape our brains and how we perceive ourselves and others.
‘Sign language can benefit everyone’
Sign language is not only useful for the twelve thousand deaf people in the Netherlands. The 1.5 million hearing impaired and even hearing people in the Netherlands would also benefit from learning a form - or limited form - of sign language. This is argued by Professor Onno Crasborn in his speech to Radboud University this month.
We are too quick to use the word cancer
Rector Magnificus and cancer expert Han van Krieken opens Radboud University’s Well-Being Week with a talk on how we deal with the ‘emperor of all maladies’. Van Krieken pleads for rigorous diagnosis and more precise language use around cancer. “
Goede Vibes in Death Metal EN
Death metal-muziek klinkt donker en beangstigend voor velen, maar de emoties die het oproept zijn voor fans en niet-fans verschillend. João Guimaraes van het Donders Instituut belicht dit verschil in een nieuwe blog van het Donders Instituut.
Mind over matter: The power of cognitive reserve
Aging and aging related disorders like Alzheimer’s are often associated with cognitive decline. But we can all help our brain to prepare for later years by building up our mental reserves across our lifetime.
4 tips to fully recharge yourself as a student for the new academic year
Sabine Geurts, Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, explains how you can best recharge as a student during the summer period for the new academic year.
“Polarisation and Islamophobia shadow sides of actions”
In waves, the world is once again devoting extra attention to the suffering of the Palestinians. “Islam and anti-Semitism are increasingly mentioned in the same breath.”, , says anthropologist Martijn de Koning.
This is the ideal holiday for your young child
What is the ideal holiday for your young child?
The cucumber season is here again: Maurice Vergeer talks about the time of year
As summer arrives in the Netherlands, newsrooms are once again facing the annual ‘cucumber time’. So plenty of time to delve a little deeper into cucumber time.
Why So Funny?
This article is about what happens in our brains when we come up with or hear a joke.
Making Olympic dreams come true in Paris: ‘Focus as the key to success’
How do you achieve optimal focus to perform at the Olympics?
Tensions on holiday: ‘Opportunity to discuss underlying needs’
Tensions on holiday: where they comes from and could they actually be a good thing?
Stimulate your brain during the holidays with Radboud Science Snacks
The Radboud Science Snacks podcast (in Dutch) will get your brain cells working again in a pleasant way. Bonus: if you listen to them in the car, you'll be in Belgium by episode 10.
A t(r)ip for your mental health
What is the state of research on the therapeutic use of psychedelics?
Smartwatch reveals invisible symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Invisible symptoms of Parkinson's in view thanks to smart sensors
Representation of minorities on streaming services and broadcasters lags behind
The representation of women, ethnic minorities, seniors and sexual minorities on streaming services and mainstream broadcasters lags behind. This is shown by research by communication scientist Serena Daalmans of Radboud University.
Can we ever truly solve (long) covid?
Researchers at Radboud University are working on a potential antiviral drug against coronavirus, which targets the spread of the virus within your body and the resulting symptoms.
“Famines are largely caused by human action”
What are the causes of famines, who suffer most, and what do people eat when food is scarce? You will find answers to these questions and much more in the digital exhibition Heritages of Hunger.
Doing research on campus in mid summer? “The best kept secret!”
For Marc Smeets, researcher and lecturer in French Language and Culture, summer is the time when he does not have much on his mind. What’s more, it’s the only time of the year when the campus is virtually empty.
Learning English as a second language? Knowledge of your mother tongue language can help
How can knowledge of their mother tongue help with, for example, developing English reading skills? Linguist Lieke Stoffelsma from Radboud University is investigating this topic.