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Psychology for You!

  • 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 01/2020

    Are you Instagram-official? - Love, social media, and their impact on each other

    written by: Lili Fejes-Vékássy, Adrienn Ujhelyi
    Have you ever thought about the criteria used for being recognized as an official couple on social media ? Maybe you felt annoyed when your partner’s new profile picture had... more
  • Magazine Issue 12/2019

    To which gender’s disadvantage are school grades biased – girls or boys?

    written by: Carolin Schuster
    School grades do not only provide students with feedback on their current performance, they also determine the chances of admission to universities and the success of job applications. The question... more
  • Magazine Issue 12/2019

    What career should I choose? How self-stereotyping can influence career decisions

    written by: Tanja Hentschel, Lisa Horvath
    Stereotypical self-characterizations of women and men can result in different career decisions – contributing to the continuing gender imbalance in leadership and many career fields. We explain how stereotypical self-characterizations... more
  • Magazine Issue 12/2019

    Just a compliment? Why positive gender stereotypes can be more harmful than they seem

    written by: Lea Hartwich, Julia C. Becker
    Most people would probably agree that “women can’t drive” is a sexist statement. But what about saying that “women are nurturing”? Isn’t that just a nice compliment? At first glance... more
  • Magazine Issue 12/2019

    What are the positive and negative side effects of gender quotas?

    written by: Angela Dorrough, Christa Nater, Monika Leszczyńska
    To decrease inequality between men and women in the workplace, multiple European countries have introduced legislated quota regulations in favor of women. Since 2016, a gender quota has been entrenched... more
  • Magazine Issue 12/2019

    Sex differences in the perception of sexual arousal

    written by: Andreas Baranowski, Rudolf Stark
    “Men are from mars, women are from Venus” [1] this saying often appears as common knowledge. Particularly the sexuality of men and women is often considered to be fundamentally different... more
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In-Mind Blog

  • 14.10.2014 | Solid Science

    When science selects for fraud

    written by: Shauna Gordon-McKeon
      Natural selection is the process by which populations change as individual organisms succeed or fail to adapt to their environments. One of the more famous examples of natural selection... more
  • 20.09.2014 | Race & Ethnicity, Culture

    Patriot Acts: Why the USA’s recent decrease in national glorification might be a good sign

    written by: Cathleen Clerkin
    In this blog post, I share a recent report which says that Americans are less fervent about their country now than they’ve been in the recent past. However, I also... more
  • 20.09.2014 | Culture, Happiness & Well-being

    The reason that you need to feel good about yourself in order to be happy might not be what you think it is

    written by: Marieke van Egmond
    Do you feel the need to feel good about yourself in order to be happy? Research suggests that if you have a lot of opportunities to make new friends, it... more
  • 16.09.2014 | Meaning Making

    When having meaning in life helps – and why

    written by: Matthew A. Sanders
    This blog examines the search for meaning in life and gives an explanation for why people seek meaning.  Briefly, modern life (relative to our hunter-gatherer past) places people in an... more
  • 30.08.2014 | Culture

    Look at me! (Or don’t): Of society and showing off on Facebook

    written by: Robert Thomson
    Shameless self-promotion on Facebook. Love it or hate it, there’s always someone doing it. And many of us are guilty of it. But why do we do it? Comparing Facebook... more
  • 28.08.2014 | Solid Science

    Can you replicate that?

    written by: Aaron Moss
    The two previous “Solid Science” posts for this blog have covered important changes taking place in experimental psychology. If you have not read them, I recommend you do (post1, post2)... 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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