When meeting people from different cultures, does the way they think, act, and see the world baffle you? Are you wishing that you could experience…
Anushka SabhanamApril 5, 2023
Check, check, check and check. Does this sound familiar to my fellow to-do list community? Well, our attempt at being productive may well be a…
Sophie HallFebruary 18, 2022
According to the translator, art critic, and philosopher Walter Benjamin, to critique a work of art is to become its partial co-creator. By reflecting on…
Rosa BreedJanuary 19, 2022
Most people think of themselves as rational. However, it turns out that it is a good idea to be skeptical about our own rationality because…
Magda MatetoviciDecember 3, 2021
The Dopamine Nation, written by Anna Lembke, aims to explain human’s chase for pleasure in an easily digestible manner. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist as…
Lydia TianOctober 14, 2021
Jeff Hawkins is the founder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company, and is mainly devoted to neuroscience and its connection to artificial intelligence. Seventeen years…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloSeptember 13, 2021
Who suffers more, the one who stays, or the one who has to leave? A Matter of Death and Life is a bittersweet collaborative memoir…
Arda ErginMay 21, 2021
Judges play a critical role in our society. Their decisions hold the power to commit someone to prison for the rest of their lives, to…
Esna Mualla GunayMay 3, 2021
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody, is a recently published book by Helen…
Lydia TianMarch 1, 2021
Milgram, Sherif, Rosenhan, Zimbardo, Rosenthal. To any psychology student, these names signify the giants of social psychology whose legacy is unspeakable. However, is it really…
Milena KaprálováJanuary 6, 2021
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers is a professor in neurocognitive modelling at UvA’s Psychological Methods Department. He recently published a book with the remarkable title Bayesian Thinking for…
Julius DullaertNovember 19, 2020
The Psychology of Wellbeing by Gary W. Wood is witty and insightful with a psychological and philosophical take on wellbeing. This book provokes one to…
Lydia TianNovember 12, 2020
Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist who suddenly appeared in the public eye with his controversial political views a couple of years ago. In…
Esna Mualla GunayOctober 5, 2020
Victor kan niet wachten tot hij gaat studeren, zijn eigen geld heeft en op zijn eigen benen kan staan. Zijn vader heeft hij nooit gekend…
Lisanne van der VeldenSeptember 7, 2020
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”. It is an insightful statement. It has been scientifically proven and it is…
Néstor Narbona ChulviJune 5, 2020
Het water komt is een open brief van Rutger Bregman aan alle burgers van Nederland. De brief lijkt goed aan te sluiten bij het bekende boek…
Julius DullaertMay 22, 2020
De psychiatrie barst uit haar voegen. Sinds de staat van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg op de publieke debat-agenda staat, is ook de vraag naar waarom burgers…
Wolter de BoerMay 2, 2020
In Laat me toch niet gek zijn lees je gesprekken tussen de neuropsycholoog A.K. Benjamin (een pseudoniem voor de schrijver) en zijn patiënten. Elk hoofdstuk…
Lisanne van der VeldenApril 8, 2020
Boekrecensie van het boek Praten met Vreemden door Malcolm GladwellHoe vaak is het je wel niet overkomen dat er verbazing, irritatie of zelf ruzie is ontstaan…
Dewi JagerMarch 13, 2020
There are a lot of myths surrounding sleep. Some people will say that anything less than eight hours of sleep each night is unhealthy, while…
Rosa BreedFebruary 14, 2020
What does it mean to have schizophrenia? And what is the status of ‘Schizophrenia’ as a concept in our current time? Annabel reviews two books:…
Annabel SimjouwJanuary 24, 2020
De grenzen van mijn taal is een filosofisch essay waarin schrijfster en filosofe Eva Meijer het onderwerp depressie vanuit verschillende perspectieven belicht. Filosofen maken soms…
Rosa BreedJanuary 21, 2020
Lange wachtlijsten, mensen met gecompliceerde problematiek die nergens geholpen kunnen worden en een toenemende administratieve last maken de staat van de ggz al jarenlang verhit…
Wolter de BoerJanuary 3, 2020
Het belangrijkste inzicht dat ik heb overgehouden aan mijn bachelor in de klinische psychologie is, denk ik, dat we maar heel weinig kennis hebben over…
Wolter de BoerDecember 11, 2019