By Tanja Reutelingsperger When I am starving, people can better avoid me. I snap at them for no reason and I might get mad about the slightest inconveniences. While eating a peanut butter sandwich, some muesli, or, when times are really bad, a whole bag of candy, I can slowly feel the anger leaving my body. This phenomenon is better known to the public as “The Hangry”, a name coined from a combination of the words hungry and angry. But is The Hangry an actual thing or can I not blame my low … [Lees meer...]
RAMS Workshop NVMO congress
Last Friday, RAMS had the honor to host a roundtable session at the NVMO-congress (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medisch Onderwijs). We did this in collaboration with the Erasmus Journal of Medicine (EJM). Mirjam (editor-in-chief) and Ferhat (former vice-chair) gave the participants a brief overview about the ins and outs of a student medical journal. After this talk there was time to discuss scientific education and the differences between EJM and RAMS. It was a very inspiring session with lots … [Lees meer...]
RAMS Symposium Cognitive Enhancement “Brain Gains”
On November 27th 2017 RAMS will organise a symposium about cognitive enhancement. This evening, different speakers will talk about multiple perspectives of this theme. First subject of the evening will be Braincaps. Their inventors David Lo Dico en Mucahit Yalanizmet will talk about this cognitive enhancer and how it was developed. PhD student and future neurosurgeon Saman Vinke will talk about Deep Brain Stimulation and last but not least Jason Farquhar speaks about Brain Computer Interfacing. … [Lees meer...]
Can you trust the five-second rule?
By Jamie Hulzebos Do you ever pick-up food from the ground after dropping it and then eat it? Some people do it daily, others are disgusted by this practice. People that do pick up their food and thereafter eat it often justify their behaviour by referring to the five-second rule. This “rule” is known to most of us, and implies that bacteria “wait” five seconds before contaminating dropped food. It has even been subject to scientific research. High school student Jillian Clarke won an Ig … [Lees meer...]
Fun statistics impossible? Ko-raad workshop by RAMS
Statistics, p-values, t-tests. Boring... or not? We will take you along various pearls and mindfucks of statistics. How do you make sure you do not get into one of the many pitfalls of the statistics? And how do you perceive the (mostly) unconscious lies of other scientists? Visit the Ko-raad course by RAMS on October 24th at 20:00h! Sign up at http://www.ko-raad.nl/. … [Lees meer...]