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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 09/2025

    Viral and harmful: Violence in media and its impact on empathy

    written by: Mira Fauth-Bühler
    From fight videos on TikTok to hate comments on Instagram, violence is omnipresent online, but what does it do to our empathy ? Studies reveal that repeated exposure to digital... more
  • Magazine Issue 08/2025

    Changing the world through activism: what, why, and how

    written by: Erin Biesecker, Fei Bi Chan, Miranda Weathers
    Activism involves taking action to challenge oppressive systems and create a just world for all. While there are potential harms to activism, there are many potential benefits as well. We... more
  • Magazine Issue 08/2025

    How deliberate forgetting might lead to false memories

    written by: Yiwen Zhang, Nurul Arbiyah, Yikang Zhang, Henry Otgaar
    Ever wondered what happens when you try to forget something? Discover whether the effort to suppress memories can actually twist what you remember. This article explores the relationship between motivated... more
  • Magazine Issue 08/2025

    Age-adequate functioning: The key to recovery for youth in mental health care

    written by: Odilia M. Laceulle, Marcel A.G. van Aken, Nagila Koster, Paul T. van der Heijden
    Psychological problems among youth are on the rise. In child and adolescent mental health care, awareness is growing that recovery concerns adaptive development, above and beyond symptom reduction. What role... more
  • Magazine Issue 07/2025

    Does organized ritual child abuse exist?

    written by: Roland Imhoff, Marcel Meuer, Andreas Mokros, Aileen Oeberst
    A significant number of therapists and self-defined victims report secret organizations that sexually abuse children for ideological or religious purposes and control them through targeted personality splitting. However, police investigations... more
  • Magazine Issue 07/2025

    Empowerment instead of mind-control. Why myth-busting does not interfere with intellectual independence.

    written by: Stefan T. Siegel
    “Myth-busting is just policing thought!” “Fact-checkers tell us what to think!” These claims are common, but do they hold up? Ironically, while myth-busting aims to foster critical thinking, it is... more
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In-Mind Blog

  • 07.10.2024 | Announcements and News

    Call for articles on topical issues

    written by: Jana Dreston, Sofia Calderon, Stella Wernicke, Rinat Meerson
    We are currently looking to publish articles on a series of specific themes that we know people are generally very interested in learning more about. This is an invitation to... more
  • 24.04.2024 | Solid Science

    It’s just a joke, right? Empirical findings on the serious effects of sexist humor

    written by: Silvana Weber
    You can still make a joke, right? Yes, but... misogynistic jokes about women can have negative consequences. What can such humor do to women and men? Disparaging jokes devalue members... more
  • 22.04.2024 | Other

    Breakfast is the most important meal of the day…or is it?

    written by: Christoph Bamberg
    Many people follow the motto “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. On the other hand, intermittent fasting, which often involves deliberately skipping breakfast, is becoming increasingly popular... more
  • 04.02.2024 | Happiness & Well-being

    How harmful is “always-on” for our well-being? Technology-assisted supplemental work

    written by: Clara Kühner
    Calling a colleague on the way home, finishing a presentation after dinner or checking emails before going to bed - for many employees, this is the norm rather than an... more
  • 16.11.2023 |

    The English version of In-Mind has relaunched

    written by: Sofia Calderon, Jana Dreston, Stella Wernicke, Maren Flottmann, Kaitlyn Werner, Malin Ekelund
    In Mind is a popular-science psychology journal that strives to make psychological knowledge accessible yet offer in-depth texts that relate results to different societal phenomena. The English version has been... more
  • 16.11.2023 | Announcements and News

    In Mind International has relaunched

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    In Mind is a popular-science psychology journal that strives to make psychological knowledge accessible yet offer in-depth texts that relate results to different societal phenomena. The English version has been closed for submissions for a while due to staffing challenges, but still continues... 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

Most Read

  • 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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