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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 06/2011

    On the dark and bright sides to vengeance: Cognitive, behavioral and affective consequences of aggression

    written by: Markus Denzler, Petra Markel, Jens Förster
    In the present article it is argued that aggression or more specifically, taking revenge has contrary to previous research findings not only negative (i.e., aggression increasing) but also positive (i.e... more
  • Magazine Issue 06/2011

    General action and inaction goals: Definitions & effects

    written by: Melanie B. Tannenbaum, Justin Hepler, Dolores Albarracin
    What motivates a person to go out and do the things that they do? This is a deceptively simple question that has kept scientists and philosophers busy for thousands of... more
  • Magazine Issue 10/2010

    Are You a “Real Man”? How Men Earn and Prove Manhood Status

    written by: Jennifer Bosson
    Daily life is replete with examples of men’s anxiety about violating the male gender role. Boyfriends and husbands refuse to watch “chick flicks” in the theatre; pop music enthusiasts keep... more
  • Magazine Issue 10/2010

    Positive Psychology and the Importance of Close Relationships in TV Sitcoms: That 70s Show, Entourage, and How I Met Your Mother

    written by: Dylan Selterman
    The positive psychology movement has spurred multiple lines of research devoted to studying how close relationships are beneficial to people’s lives. These relationships seem to provide psychological nourishment, giving people... more
  • Magazine Issue 10/2010

    Successful Dieting in Tempting Environments: Mission Impossible?

    written by: Guido M. van Koningsbruggen, Wolfgang Stroebe, Henk Aarts
    One of the areas in which temptations often interfere with people’s self-control is the domain of eating and dieting behavior. In the present article, we review research on the psychological... more
  • Magazine Issue 10/2009

    Culture and Health Psychology: Insights from a Socio-Cultural Perspective

    written by: Ayse K. Uskul, David Sherman
    The beginning of the 20th century featured an understanding of health that was dominated by a biomedical perspective, characterized by a reductionist point of view in which health was defined... more
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In-Mind Blog

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 01/2018

    Cooperation in social dilemmas: How can psychology help to meet climate change goals?

    written by: Rachel New, Julian Savulescu, Nadira S. Faber
  • Magazine Issue 08/2014

    Revisiting the past can make the present a better place: The psychological and social benefits of nostalgia

    written by: Clay Routledge
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    There’s Something About Zero

    written by: Clare Jonas
  • Magazine Issue 01/2012

    Honor in the Past: The Case of Mexico

    written by: Sonya Lipsett-Rivera
  • Magazine Issue 01/2025

    From moderate to radical - will failure change the climate movement? Psychological studies on the impact of success and failure on social movements

    written by: Johanna Kranz, Astrid Carrapatoso, Martin Schwichow

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