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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 01/2025

    “White and educated?” Toward a (more) diverse climate movement

    written by: Birte Siem, Iniobong Essien
    Incidents like the one involving Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate, who was cropped out of a group photo with other climate activists, are emblematic of the assumption that climate protection is... more
  • Magazine Issue 11/2024

    On the same wavelength—Do parents and children understand each other better if their brains are “in sync”?

    written by: Pascal Vrtička, Trinh Nguyen
    Humans are social beings by nature. We often (unconsciously) imitate each other’s behaviors—think of yawning or laughing. Recent research shows that this imitation extends even beyond actions; it happens in... more
  • Magazine Issue 11/2024

    How the voice gives away what you are feeling

    written by: Zoé Nikolakis, Sebastian Wallot, Oliver Genschow
    People’s tone of voice changes when they are feeling different emotions. This helps people to recognize the feelings of others. more
  • Magazine Issue 10/2024

    Trauma(tic) media - What does it even look like? 

    written by: Kristen Leer
    Understanding how trauma appears in media and impacts vulnerable communities is important for researchers from various fields to investigate. However, to begin to understand this specific type of media, we... more
  • Magazine Issue 10/2024

    "We are on the same wavelength!" The creation of a shared reality and its relationship with uncertainty reduction and connection with others

    written by: Matteo Masi, Yael Bar-Shachar
    People seek connection by finding that they share the same understanding of things in the world. This creates a shared reality that builds connection and confidence, reinforcing shared reality itself... more
  • Magazine Issue 09/2024

    How body language helps us understand other people’s emotions

    written by: Britta Krüger, Julia Bachmann, Jörn Munzert
    Social interaction is a complex phenomenon. When we want to know what our fellow human beings are feeling , we have various sources of information at our disposal. One major... more
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In-Mind Blog

  • 13.12.2018 | Generalist Grab Bag

    No Excuses! Lay Judges Reject Exhaustion as a Reason for Failing to Help Others

    written by: Jacob Goldstein-Greenwood, Paul Conway
    Imagine that your spouse has promised that they will wash the dishes cluttering your sink this evening; but, when they arrive home exhausted after a stressful day of back-to-back meetings... more
  • 25.09.2018 | Demystifying Mental Health, Generalist Grab Bag

    Roadblocks to Mental Health Research

    written by: Chris Millar
    Another busy ward round: a telephone rings; a nurse apologises to patients that the ward is too short-staffed to facilitate their leave this afternoon; a junior doctor furiously types up... more
  • 09.09.2018 | Generalist Grab Bag

    How to get into shape like the Hulk

    written by: Anneloes Kip, Marleen Gillebaart
    Do you want to get into shape but find it hard to carry out your good intentions? The Hulk can help you! After summer vacation, chances are you are trying... more
  • 30.06.2018 | Big Questions in Society, Current Events, Violence & Aggression

    Doing ill for ‘the greater good’: Understanding what really went on in the Stanford Prison Experiment

    written by: Alex Haslam, Stephen Reicher, Jay Van Bavel
    Just about every highschool and college psychology textbook offers extensive coverage of Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE). The meaning of the SPE seemed obvious — that when given roles with power, people naturally become brutal tyrants. This message has had lasting influence... more
  • 29.06.2018 | Current Events, Solid Science

    Wait, What?! The Stanford Prison Experiment was pre-tested?

    written by: Job van Wolferen
    With the recent news regarding the questionable nature of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment, we thought it was purdent to republish one of our earlier blog articles drawing attention to... more
  • 24.06.2018 | Big Questions in Society, Current Events

    The Violence We Have Committed

    written by: James Coan
    Circle of Willis is a podcast series from Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist Dr. James Coan. The podcast features interviews with many of today's top social scientists, journalists, authors, and more. In a recent... 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 06/2024 - Special issue on sport psychology

    Virtual reality training in Olympic sports: Promises and pitfalls

    written by: Fabio Richlan, Jeremias Braid
  • Magazine Issue 12/2019

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

    written by: Carolin Schuster
  • Magazine Issue 07/2016

    Was that how it happened? Shaping our memory for personal experiences in conversation with others

    written by: Joanne Rechdan, Melanie Sauerland, Lorraine Hope, James Ost
  • Magazine Issue 04/2014

    Judging a book by its cover: Prior knowledge determines the effect of embodied cues.

    written by: Jesse Chandler
  • Magazine Issue 06/2008

    ‘The Vision Thing’

    written by: Alex Haslam, Steve Reicher, Michael Platow

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