Do Mood and Personality Influence Response Inhibition?
Our personality guides how we behave in many daily situations. A large part of our daily life from reading to socializing is influenced by an ability called response inhibition –…Read more
Return of the unconscious: Racial disparities in pain treatment
We all are aware that inadequate pain care can have devastating effects on patient’s health and mortality rates. But do you know that black women are four to five times…Read more
Black lives matter, also in healthcare!
Stop racial biases in helping behavior and healthcare Did you know that previously conducted research showed that racial minorities have a greater risk for undertreatment of acute pain?! Well, this…Read more
Programming the code to success? Can we improve our cognitive abilities by learning to program?
Computer coding is a fast-growing field that has reached more and more areas of our lives at work, educational institutes, and our homes. As a result, studies to understand the…Read more
Was that the voice of the perpetrator?
Have you watched the Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode in which they discover the perpetrator of a crime by hearing their voice singing a nice rendition of “I want it that way”…Read more
Are you confident enough to identify the criminal ?
Witnesses are often invited to help the police to solve a crime by trying to identify a perpetrator. However, it may not always be possible to identify a suspect based…Read more
Challenges of everyday life with HIV in today’s world
In the past decades HIV medicine has taken leaps forward and the possibility of getting treatment is getting larger even in underdeveloped countries. Yet people are still quite in the…Read more
Do we still need a cure for HIV?
Ever since the beginning of the global HIV epidemic in the 1970s, the treatment possibilities have made tremendous progress. Even though there is no cure or vaccination for HIV yet,…Read more
Could mindfulness reduce depressive symptoms?
We currently live in a time where people can quickly feel alone, bored, and even depressed. It is therefore important to form new perspectives on the treatment of depression. In…Read more
Predictive coding: how and why ordinary humans predict the future.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be able to predict the future like the jedi in Star Wars? Wonder no more! As it turns out, humans…Read more