Aims to amaze, educate, and fascinate you with the art of brain research! This is a collaboration between BCN and Academy Minerva and currently on display at the University Museum Groningen.
Students of Art Academy Minerva created artworks to accompany neuroscientific findings which were provided by neuroscientists of the University of Groningen and the University Medical Centre Groningen. Their translation makes the dusty science lively and appealing. Science on Wednesday aims to marvel you, to learn and fascinate you about the beauty of neuroscience.
Science on Wednesday is a collaboration between the University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Academy Minerva, and the University Museum Groningen. The project is funded by the Gewaardeerd! Fund of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Those who think more positively about themselves are better equipped to handle stress and depression.
Deep brain stimulation leads to poor swimmers.
The pill does not cause depression.
Hearing problems can lead to hearing sounds that aren't really there.
People who wake up frequently at night, hallucinate more often.
People who feel lonely are more likely to experience hallucinations involving other people. For example, they might feel a hand on their shoulder or hear people talking.
In most people, the left hemisphere of the brain excels at processing words and small details. The right hemisphere is specialized in recognizing faces and seeing the 'big picture'.
People who kick and scream a lot during their dream sleep are likely to get Parkinson's disease within 10 years.
Maybe psychiatric disorders can be treated with a poop transplant in the future.
When people with a depression receive electroshock therapy, a part of their brain grows bigger.
Electroshock therapy, where a brief burst of electricity passes through the brain, is one of the most effective treatments for depression.
The experience of time is an illusion of consciousness.
Patients with Niemann-Pick type C have difficulties playing piano because they cannot look up and down.
Microglia cells are the handymen of the brain.
When you take medication, the medication does not know where it has to go to in the body. Medication spreads throughout the body via the bloodstream and reaches its target 'by chance'.
When you see someone you know, your pupil grows a little bigger for half a second.
A healthy gut supports a healthy brain.
When drivers feel safe, they take more risks.
Everyone can multitask. What’s really hard is focusing on just one thing.
What's good for your heart, is good for your brain.
You can learn a foreign language better the way you learn swimming, not like math.
Alcohol destroys more than you love. But not your English pronunciation.
In a foreign language, people make more logical decisions.
People with asthma, eczema, or allergic rhinitis hallucinate more often.
Mental effort causes the pupil to dilate.
Neurons that control our muscles are the longest cells in the human body.
We mind-wander almost half of the time.
Cramming at the last moment for an exam is beneficial for a higher grade.
The brain of a human fetus in the middle of pregnancy looks like that of a newborn rat.
No matter how old you are, your vocabulary keeps expanding.
Einstein's brain was malformation in the socalled 'Sylvian fissure' in the left brain hemisphere. Precisely this area is important for processing numbers.
After sleep deprivation, memories may be hidden in the brain, but they are not lost.
Regular, light vibrations can make your brain perform better.
Traumatic experiences during childhood may shrink your brain.
Stress for an exam week will change your gut bacteria.
How many animals can you name in 1 minute? This simple test is used to detect language problems, dementia, and brain damage.
The main cause of burnout is the feeling that you lost control over your own life, school, or work.
Newborn babies sleep up to 80% of the time.
Many children have imaginary friends that they can see, but don't really exist. These friends can be anything: people, animals, or even fantasy creatures.
Lack of sleep affects how you process emotions and makes you more vulnerable to physical and mental problems.
