How accurate is our perception?
What determines our perception? And what do people really see? These questions are being addressed by experimental psychologist Jacob Jolij. He has discovered things like drinking coffee can change your perception. One of Jolij’s students will soon begin studying whether digital detection methods and lie detector methods currently used by the police can be combined to create an improved lie detector test.
The weekly online video magazine Unifocus highlights topics related to the University of Groningen in the fields of research and society, student life, teaching, policy and internationalization.
| Last modified: | 13 March 2020 02.10 a.m. |
More news
-
27 October 2020
Viering 40 jaar samenwerking universiteiten Oldenburg en Groningen
De Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en de Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (UOL) vieren dit jaar veertig jaar samenwerking. Dit doen zij door het hernieuwen van de samenwerkingsovereenkomst tijdens de opening van het Oldenburgse academisch jaar...
-
13 October 2020
First responses to the coronavirus pandemic are lessons for the second wave and the climate crisis
The sometimes powerful responses of citizens and governments at the start of the coronavirus pandemic could be a good starting point when it comes to battling global crises such as the environmental and climate crisis, and possibly the second wave...
-
12 October 2020
‘We have every faith in the creativity and resilience of our University’ - Interview Board of the University
The COVID-19 restrictions have been tightened once again. To many staff members and students, this feels like a step backwards. We chatted with members of the Board of the University Jouke de Vries, Cisca Wijmenga and Hans Biemans about managerial...