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  • Magazine Issue
    02/2026

    A spoonful of misinformation helps the medicine go viral. How misinformation spreads and who bears the consequences.

    • written by
    • Lotte Slootmaekers,
    • Sanne Houben,
    • Irena Boskovic
    Back to January 2021: you are at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic and decide to scroll through social media for some much-needed distraction. Within seconds, you come across posts about microchips in vaccines, COVID spreading through 5G networks, and President Trump suggesting that injecting disinfectants could be a cure for COVID-19. Social media has become a hotbed of armchair experts, doom-mongers, and conspiracy theorists. You laugh off the misinformation easily, after all, nobody really believes this... Right?
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  • Magazine Issue
    02/2026

    A step-by-step guide to writing science communication articles

    • written by
    • Maike Ramrath,
    • Stella Wernicke
    Effective science communication bridges the gap between science and society. This guide outlines practical strategies for turning psychological research into engaging, accessible articles, including topic selection, structuring the article, and responsible presentation of results.
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  • Magazine Issue
    02/2026

    When loving hurts: The pervasiveness of stigma towards consensual non-monogamy

    • written by
    • Stefano Ciaffoni,
    • Yasin Koc,
    • Silvia Moscatelli
    Consensual non-monogamy is often seen as immoral, childish, or even harmful. This article reviews how stigma towards consensually non-monogamous relationships is widespread and socially shared, shaping judgments and discrimination against those who love outside monogamous norms.
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  • Magazine Issue
    02/2026

    Scrolling through the past: How digital tools change the way we remember

    • written by
    • Kate Schramm,
    • Fabian Hutmacher
    We are constantly documenting our lives with digital technologies. But how do these tools, from smartphone camera rolls to wearables and social media platforms, change what and how we remember? In this article, we explore the interplay between memories stored in our minds and the available technological devices.
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  • Magazine Issue 02/2026

    A spoonful of misinformation helps the medicine go viral. How misinformation spreads and who bears the consequences.

    written by: Lotte Slootmaekers, Sanne Houben, Irena Boskovic
  • Magazine Issue 02/2026

    A step-by-step guide to writing science communication articles

    written by: Maike Ramrath, Stella Wernicke
  • Magazine Issue 02/2026

    When loving hurts: The pervasiveness of stigma towards consensual non-monogamy

    written by: Stefano Ciaffoni, Yasin Koc, Silvia Moscatelli
  • Magazine Issue 02/2026

    Scrolling through the past: How digital tools change the way we remember

    written by: Kate Schramm, Fabian Hutmacher
  • Magazine Issue 05/2024

    Climate stress in everyday life: How can we support children?

    written by: Julia Asbrand, Felix Peter, Claudia Calvano, Lea Dohm
    The climate crisis leads to significant changes in nature and ultimately in our society challenging all of us. Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable in their mental processing, as well... more
  • Magazine Issue 05/2024

    Tilting at windmills: How conspiracy theories hinder climate action and what to do about it

    written by: Kevin Winter, Lotte Pummerer
    Conspiracy theories about climate change are common. People who believe in them show less climate-friendly attitudes and behaviors. But there are ways to reduce the impact of conspiracy theories in... more
  • Magazine Issue 04/2024

    Horoscopes – why we believe in them

    written by: Lea Sperlich
    When reading horoscopes, we often find sentences like: "Sometimes you are extroverted, sociable, and open-minded, sometimes rather introverted, skeptical, and reserved." If you feel that this statement applies to you... more
  • Magazine Issue 04/2024

    Does nudging have a place in politics? How decision-making contexts inevitably influence our behavior

    written by: Mario Herberz
    We like to see ourselves as masters of our decisions. However, psychological research has found that the context that surrounds our decisions influences our behavior often unnoticed - for better... more
  • Magazine Issue 03/2024

    Context matters: Why women are not worse negotiators than men

    written by: Moritz Burmester, Yannik Escher, Danna Oomen, Hannes Petrowsky
    Mastering the art of negotiation is key to being successful in everyday life and in a highly competitive and dynamic professional world. One widespread belief among laypeople is that women... more
  • Magazine Issue 02/2024

    That's cringe! – Wait a minute. What is cringe?

    written by: Thomas Feiler, Fabian Hutmacher
    The word “cringe” is on everyone's lips. What does it mean? How can it be described? An attempt to explain the phenomenon using established psychological constructs. more
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In-Mind Blog

  • 21.08.2015 | Big Questions in Society, Current Events, Gender

    Why gender neutral toy aisles might help children’s development stay on target

    written by: Cathleen Clerkin
      In a press release earlier this month, Target corp. announced that it would no longer have separate sections for girls’ toys and boys’ toys, and that the current gendered... more
  • 01.08.2015 | Self-Control & Decision-Making

    Why do we still have a cognitive bias that makes us send innocent people to jail? – Explanations of the confirmation bias

    written by: Marly van Oirschot
    We often have to take objective decisions, observe something in an objective manner, or give an objective opinion. However, although objectivity is often strived for, the question is: Can we... more
  • 26.07.2015 | Political Psychology, Race & Ethnicity

    Does it matter if people are aware of their implicit racial bias?

    written by: Aaron Moss
    In this blog post, I discuss how people respond to information about their implicit racial bias—automatic attitudes and beliefs that favor one ethnic group over another. Although people can be... more
  • 01.07.2015 | Culture

    The cross-cultural psychology of Internet privacy concern

    written by: Robert Thomson
    In a recent cross-cultural study of Facebook users in Japan and the US, I show that Japanese SNS users are more concerned about Internet privacy than American SNS users. And... more
  • 22.05.2015 | Gender

    Gender equity in science: Achievement unlocked?

    written by: Joanna Korman, Stephanie Goodwin
      Is it time to throw out our gender-equity-in-STEM training materials? Williams and Ceci (2015) reported that STEM faculty members have a preference for hiring women (not men), reigniting debates... more
  • 27.02.2015 | Gender

    Girls will be girls, boys will be bossy

    written by: Cathleen Clerkin
    The word bossy has been heavily discussed recently, thanks, at least in part, to the Ban Bossy campaign. To date, this debate has centered on why women get called bossy... more
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Book Reviews

Buried Secrets: Rememberance of Things Past, a Review by Christopher Perez

reviewed by: Christopher Perez

The Coddling of the American Mind, reviewed by Dylan Selterman

reviewed by: Dylan Selterman

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, reviewed by Andrew Archer

reviewed by: Andrew Archer

The Hope Circuit, Reviewed by Joe Smith

reviewed by: Joe Smith

Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classics (2nd Edition)

reviewed by: Richard Skaff

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  • Magazine Issue 03/2024

    Context matters: Why women are not worse negotiators than men

    written by: Moritz Burmester, Yannik Escher, Danna Oomen, Hannes Petrowsky
  • Magazine Issue 04/2018

    Fake Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Costs Real Money

    written by: Irena Boskovic, Harald Merckelbach
  • Magazine Issue 01/2015

    Children are poor witnesses. Or are they?

    written by: Nathalie Brackmann, Henry Otgaar, Melanie Sauerland, Harald Merckelbach
  • Magazine Issue 10/2007

    Exposing an Armed Criminal: What Can We Learn from Psychology and the Police?

    written by: Anastassia Blechko
  • Magazine Issue 06/2011

    General action and inaction goals: Definitions & effects

    written by: Melanie B. Tannenbaum, Justin Hepler, Dolores Albarracin

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