I have written and rewritten this piece about a million times by now. I was supposed to write something about the pandemic. But what about…
Quinty MarsFebruary 26, 2021
With the closing of the UvA in March, students had to decide whether they would stay in Amsterdam or temporarily move back home. Those who…
Laura SpringerFebruary 15, 2021
Hilde Geurts Machteld van den Heuvel Hilde Geurts' (Brain & Cognition) question Dear Machteld, Your research focuses on how employees stay happy and healthy at…
Spiegeloog EditorsFebruary 10, 2021
Ruby Manten is the new student chair for the PC, for the year 2020-2021. She has been in the PC for almost 2 years and…
Lydia TianFebruary 5, 2021
Although humankind has a long history of dealing with epidemics, the Covid-19 pandemic has many novel features. Much of that has to do with the…
Denny BorsboomJanuary 18, 2021
Meiling Geiges What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Meiling Geiges (bachelor, second year). What is the most useful thing…
Esna Mualla GunayJanuary 11, 2021
Sometimes it feels to me that science is like a fortress to people who are not directly contributing to it, unknown and a little bit…
Milena KaprálováDecember 17, 2020
Joselyn Arevalo Moran What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Joselyn Arevalo Moran (bachelor, second year). What is the most…
Nitya ShahDecember 7, 2020
Frenk van Harreveld has been appointed as the new director of the Psychology Research Institute, succeeding Han van der Maas. We congratulated him on his…
Laura SpringerNovember 30, 2020
Deciding which way to go in life gives us the freedom to shape our future. Being able to choose between consequences and heading to a…
Esna Mualla GunayNovember 26, 2020
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
From some perspective, I am a motivational failure. Every day is filled with opportunities that I could take and with tasks that I have to…
Valentin WeberNovember 4, 2020
With a new academic year comes a new Regional Board of the UvA Section Psychology Students (SPS) of the Dutch Association of Psychologists (NIP). Spiegeloog…
Lydia TianOctober 16, 2020
Mala Iyer What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Mala Iyer (bachelor, second year). What is the most useful thing…
Laura SpringerOctober 9, 2020
So far, this year has been everything I did not expect. I expected 2020 to be about flying cars and upgrading our brains to X-ray…
Evita EgertSeptember 25, 2020
Maxi Maier What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Maxi Maier (master : Research Methods). What is the most useful…
Milena KaprálováSeptember 11, 2020
For this month’s office hours, Spiegeloog talked to Lotte Lebbink, a tutorial teacher in Psychology at the UvA. She obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s…
Milena KaprálováSeptember 4, 2020
In these times of strict measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, I find it hard to determine whether people are being driven apart…
Julius DullaertJune 26, 2020
Vroeger stond ik wel eens in een drukke winkelstraat als er iemand per ongeluk tegen me opbotste. We wierpen elkaar een kleine, haast verlegen, glimlach…
Jihane ChaaraJune 24, 2020
Annemie Ploeger's (Developmental Psychology) question Dear Hilde, I remember a lecture (probably given by you) in which data were shown that were pretty remarkable. The…
Spiegeloog EditorsJune 17, 2020
Miriam Idris What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Miriam Idris (bachelor, second year). What’s the most useful thing you’ve…
Lydia TianJune 15, 2020
Reinout Wiers, a former Spiegeloog writer from his student years, is a professor of Developmental Psychopathology and heads the Addiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT) Lab.…
Nitya ShahJune 12, 2020
Psychology has had a pretty long journey. The study of the human mind and behavior started more than two millennia ago. Greek philosophers had arguments…
Evita EgertMay 31, 2020
Het is april 2020 en daarmee de vierde week die Nederland grotendeels thuis doorbrengt. Voor het schrijven van deze column heb ik eens lang en…
Jihane ChaaraMay 27, 2020