The way you look at a face tells us a lot about your level of empathy.
Reading time: 5 minutes Over a year ago, in partnership with IRBA (Institut de Recherche Biomédical des Armées), we began a research program aimed at better understanding the role of empathy, emotional regulation and their interaction in the face of stress. Our main hypothesis was that a good level of empathy would be linked to […]
Soft skills without the marketing side – Episode 1: Emotional regulation
Reading time: 7 min The term ” soft skills ” is on everyone’s lips these days. It’s so ubiquitous that it’s being thrown around all over the place. Every “fashion” effect has its detractors: a term is reduced to an understandable simplicity, losing its original content. Today, we hear statements like “soft skills are knowing […]
Neuroscience | Dispelling neuromyths: why there’s no such thing as “math bulge” | EPISODE 4
Reading time: 5 minutes “It’s more important to know who you’re talking to than where you sit.” Neuron talk. INTRODUCTION Why can’t we link a brain region to a specific function? In a previous article we returned to the myth of the right and left brain. One would be the seat of creativity and global […]
Neuroscience | Dispelling neuromyths: are we multitaskers? | EPISODE 3
Reading time: 2 minutes Let’s get straight to the point. human beings cannot multitask. Our brains are configured in such a way that they cannot do several things at the same time. To begin with, what is a task? It’s intentional, controlled behavior. When an individual begins a task, he has in mind his objective […]
Neuroscience | Dispelling neuromyths: Right brain & left brain | EPISODE 2
Reading time: 3 minutes A second extremely persistent myth is that we are either right- or left-brained. If you’re more rational, logical and organized, you’d be left-brained. If you describe yourself as creative, intuitive, artistic or emotionally inclined, you’d be more right-brained. However, this theory has never been validated or accepted by the neuroscientific community. […]
Neurosciences | Dispelling neuromyths : We only use 10% of our brains | EPISODE 1
Reading time: 3 minutes One of the most common myths about the brain is that we only use 10% of our brain, while the other 90% sits quietly in its corner, waiting to be unlocked by who knows what magic trick. One of the reasons for this myth is that, a few decades ago, researchers […]
Why procrastinating at work can also be an asset
Reading time: 5 minutes If you recognize yourself in 3 or more of the following statements, I strongly advise you to read this article: You missed the electoral roll registration date You find yourself running out of toilet paper because the shelves have been emptied while you’re repeating to yourself “no, but I’ve got time […]
A typical day with our cognitive biases
Reading time: 5 minutes It’s 6:30 a.m., you get up, turn on the radio and make your coffee while listening to the morning news (okay, the alarm clock was more like 7:30 a.m.). You hear the radio host announce that this weekend, a dog bit a little girl on the face. Instinctively you think ” […]
2020, what if you switched to neuroscience at work?
Playback time 5 min According to the experts at Gartner, neuroscience and neurotechnology in particular will not be democratized for at least another decade. Right. We’re going to try and speed things up a bit with this article. It would be too bad to lose 10 years. NEURO WHAT? To clear the way, let’s […]
What neuroscience tells us about shamanic trance
Reading time: 5 min “A greater world”, the film adapted from Corine Sombrun’s story, hits cinemas on October 30. Now a shaman, Corine Sombrun investigates the neurological changes that occur during trance. Over the last ten years or so, our Western societies have been trying to understand shamanic trance through the prism of neuroscience. […]