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Anxiety and boredom: the spices that generate Flow

October 9, 2017October 13, 2017 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ 1 Comment

Anxiety and boredom are experiences most of us loath. Click to read how brief moments of them keep us in a blissfull state of flow.

Could logical reasoning improve your skateboarding?

August 14, 2017August 29, 2017 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ Leave a comment

Some smart people are very bad at learning new movements. For instance a skate board trick or a salsa move. Does logical reasoning contribute to learning new movements at all? Click to find out.

Why reward may be your digital sugar

July 15, 2017March 8, 2018 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ Leave a comment

Being rewarded feels good but how does it affect your learning? In an experiment, we showed that although children and adults like a task better when they are rewarded more often, they learn less when being rewarded more often.

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