Voltaire wrote of the Frenchwoman Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier that she was a great man, with only one fault, namely that she was a woman! She was a great mathematician, but being a woman she got little credit for that. She was not alone. This is truly a global problem that we must solve together! Being …

Our age is, according to Hubert Dreyfus, characterized by technological nihilism, just as the pre-Enlightenment era was characterized by Christianity - saints and sinners - and, for example, the Greek era by heroes and slaves. Nihilism, because technology encourages a fixation on trying to get the best …

In immersive technology, digital (virtual) elements are added to the physical world. Immersion is the perception of being physically present in a non-physical world,or experiencing the physical presence of a non-physical element (like in Pokémon Go). Except that the first (fatal) accidents as a result …

Context: Only 55% of the athletes return to competitive sports after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Athletes younger than 25 years who return to sports have a second injury rate of 23%. There may be a mismatch between rehabilitation contents and the demands an athlete faces after returning …

Because it globalises (or rather, colonises), smart technology unifies. While cultural diversity is under pressure, we are approaching the world worldwide through the same streaming services and social media apps. Virtually all human cultures have been colonised by both the global language English and …

What Big Tech companies are praised, psychologists/psychiatrists would end up in jail for. If they don 't want to end up behind bars, politicians must also have a very good story if they carry out an operation in which thousands of people lose their jobs, with all the social and psychological consequences …

SMPD4 is a neutral sphingomyelinase that plays an important role in sphingolipid metabolism. Sphingolipids are a family of lipid molecules abundantly present in the brain where they play an important role in the brain development and function due to their essential cellular role as structural components …

Rehabilitation after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed, is a long process. Stimulate the brain during this process is important to improve recovery. A common therapy to help patients, is mirror therapy. Originally designed to help people with phantom limb pain it activates mirror neurons …

Rehabilitation after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed, is a long process. Stimulate the brain during this process is important to improve recovery. A common therapy to help patients, is mirror therapy. Originally designed for people with phantom limb pain it activates mirror neurons to …

Mirror therapy is a common therapy to help patients recover after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed. It activates mirror neurons and fools the brain into perceiving the paralyzed arm or hand is still moving. This stimulates the brain which is an important aspect to improve recovery. A …