All questions

Does neuroscience provide better explanations for behaviour than psychology?

Answered by Juraj Bevandic, editor, translator: Natascha Roos, Björn van der Haas

Did the gigantic dinosaurs also have gigantic brains and a gigantic number of neurons?

Answered by Sjoerd Murris, Editor, Translator: Marina Boon, Björn van der Haas

How do brain cells communicate with each other?

Answered by Lara Dilger, editor, translator: Joosje Kist, Nestor Timonidis, Melanie de Wit, Katharina Koch

How is it that some people see an object as blue, while others say that same object is green?

Answered by Rob van Lier, editors, translators: Fleur Zeldenrust, Sarah Tjeerdsma, Katarina Koch

How can I find out which stage of cognitive decline I am in, and how can I prevent Alzheimer’s disease or dementia?

Answered by Jeanette Mostert en Joosje Kist, editor, translator: Katarina Koch

What causes Alzheimer’s disease?

Answered by Evgenia Salta, Giorgia Tosoni, Sarah Snoeck (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), editor, translator: Sjoerd Murris, Björn van der Haas

How are memories made in the brain?

Answered by Melanie de Wit and Marina Boon, editor, translator: Marina Boon, Katarina Koch

How is a neuron made?

Answered by Dr. Anne-Sophie Hafner, Editor, Translator: Marina Boon

How heavy was Einstein’s brain? Does the size of your brain say anything about intelligence?

Answered by Marina Boon, editor, translator: Sarah Schoch, Björn van der Haas

Is dopamine good for you and serotonin bad?

Answered by Jeanette Mostert, editors, translator: Natascha Roos & Sarah Schoch, Björn van der Haas

Is there a link between rheumatoid arthritis and anxiety?

Answered by Ségolène Bompiere and Jeanette Mostert, translator: Katarina Koch

Is it true that you can be ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’?

Answered by Juraj Bevandic, translator: Roel Vrooman, Katarina Koch

Do we only use 10% of our brain?

Answered by Bryan Souza, redactie/vertaling: Sarah Schoch, Fleur Zeldenrust, Jeanette Mostert, Katarina Koch

How does music affect mental health?

Answered by Krisna Adiasto, editor, translator: Jeanette Mostert, Katarina Koch

Can you distinguish between people who are visual or auditory learners?

Answered by Juraj Bevandic, editors, translator: Sarah Schoch & Marina Boon, Björn van der Haas

Can you unlearn sleeping in the dark?

Answered by Anneloes Opperhuizen and Niki Antypa (BioClock consortium), editor, translator: Marina Boon, Sarah Schoch, Katarina Koch

Can brain implants read and control our minds?

Answered by Nick Ramsey, editor, translator: Joosje Kist, Marina Boon, Katarina Koch

Does a 14T MRI scanner make more noise than a 3T MRI scanner?

Answered by David Norris, editor, translator: Fleur Zeldenrust, Björn van der Haas

Why do brain tissues have different colours?

Answered by Nestor Timonidis and Marina Boon, editors, translator: Nestor Timonidis & Marina Boon, Björn van der Haas

Why do some people remember their dreams and others do not?

Answered by Somayeh Ataei and Sarah Schoch, editor, translator: Carlo Rooth, Jeanette Mostert, Katarina Koch, Melanie de Wit

Why is it easier to learn a language as a kid?

Answered by Lena Ackermann, editor, translator: Natascha Roos, Sarah Tjeerdsma, Katarina Koch

Why is sleep so essential?

Answered by Anouk Boogaard (Brein in Beeld), editor, translator: Fleur Zeldenrust, Björn van der Haas

Why do people still receive electroshock therapy?

Answered by Dominique Scheepens (Adult Psychiatry - Amsterdam UMC), editor, translator: Sjoerd Murris, Katarina Koch

Why do some people remember things better than other people?

Answered by Dr. Boris Konrad, redactie/vertaling: Roël Vrooman, Sjoerd Murris, Katarina Koch

Why is some information stored so quickly in the brain, while other information takes much longer?

Answered by Nils Kohn and James Cousins, editors, translator: Jeanette Mostert & Carlo Rooth, Björn van der Haas

How does stress affect your brain?

Answered by Arezoo Alizadeh, editor, translator: Melanie de Wit, Björn van der Haas

What goes wrong in the brain when I lose focus?

Answered by Heleen Slagter, editor, translator: Fleur Zeldenrust, Katarina Koch

What happens in the brain when you feel ‘confused’?

Answered by Dirk Geurts (psychiatrist in the Radboudumc Nijmegen), editor, translator: Jeanette Mostert, Joosje Kist, Björn van der Haas

What happens in the brain with ALS?

Answered by Hannah Walgrave, editor, translator: Marina Boon, Katarina Koch

What happens in the brain when you take psychedelics?

Answered by Carlo Rooth, editors, translator: Marina Boon & Juraj Bevandic, Björn van der Haas

What happens when you have a blackout during an exam?

Answered by Prof. dr. Susanne Vogel (MSH Medical School Hamburg), bewerking en vertaling: Jeanette Mostert, Katarina Koch

What is the impact of speaking multiple languages on the brain?

Answered by Ségolène Bompierre, Translator: Björn van der Haas

What is already known about long covid and the brain?

Answered by Judith Scholing, editors, translator: Joosje Kist & Fleur Zeldenrust, Björn van der Haas

What is the ‘brain freeze’ sensation when eating or drinking something cold?

Answered by Melanie de Wit and Marina Boon, translator: Björn van der Haas

What is the purpose of brain research?

Answered by Arezoo Alizadeh, Edward de Haan en Barbara Franke, editor, translator: Katarina Koch, Melanie de Wit, Fleur Zeldenrust, Katarina Koch

What effect does cyanide have on the brain?

Answered by Ségolène Bompierre and Sjoerd Murris, translator: Björn van der Haas

What is the effect of a visual impairment on the brain? And is there anything we can do to restore it?

Answered by Maureen van der Grinten & Sjoerd Murris

Do the male and female brain differ?

Answered by Joosje Kist en Corette Wierenga, editor, translator: Fleur Zeldenrust, Katarina Koch

Are emotions experienced in the heart or the brain?

Answered by Roël Vrooman, Editor, Translator: Marina Boon, Björn van der Haas

Do colours appear the same to everyone?

Answered by Eelke Spaak, editor, translator: Marina Boon, Björn van der Haas

Are computers smarter than humans?

Answered by Fleur Zeldenrust, editor, translator: Bryan Souza, Sjoerd Murris, Björn van der Haas

Is the brain more or less active during sleep?

Answered by Elena Krugliakova, editor, translator: Marina Boon, Katarina Koch