Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Inattentive, hyperactive, impulsive. What if I told you that all the problems of the disorder are actually extraordinary potential for…
Sara Fontecha Morgan and Áron VerkerleMarch 31, 2023
In mathematics, the term “irrational” is used to denote a peculiar class of numbers whose mere existence once stirred up an entire scientific worldview. For…
Anika KorobkovMarch 6, 2023
In its purpose to further knowledge, the scientific community has gone astray: It is lacking transparency, openness, and reproducibility. Why is that, and how do…
Ann-Kathrin AruiFebruary 6, 2023
Growing up is not easy, and children can experience anxiety during the many challenges they face. Making friends, going to school or participating in household…
Magda MatetoviciNovember 29, 2022
Many of us remember cuddling with stuffed animals as children. Some of us could not say goodbye to our favorite teddy bear (or to an…
Nicole Haver and Magda MatetoviciNovember 22, 2022
The Christiaan Hamaker prize is awarded to the best propaedeutic thesis in the psychology bachelor at the University of Amsterdam every year. Last academic year,…
Spiegeloog EditorsOctober 3, 2022
Pedophilia, masochism, voyeurism or asphyxiophilia, fetishes come in all forms and sizes. Still, many of them are taboo and fetishists are judged as creeps. Rightly…
Vadim MartschenkoSeptember 9, 2022
An exciting interdisciplinary research project by the VU called ‘harmonic dissonance’ is investigating the experience of ‘feeling on the same wavelength’ by people who communicate…
Ella TeuscherJune 20, 2022
Presenting to you yet another case of how something sad paradoxically lures us and appeals to us. Philosophers have long been riddled by why we…
Nitya ShahJune 15, 2022
When discussions turn into “either/or”-debates, when arguments are oversimplified into dichotomies and when “being in favour” of something equals “being against” another thing – should…
Anika KorobkovJune 3, 2022
Illustration by Arianna Cavalli In psychology, various theories of emotion propose the workings of this relationship. Surprisingly, the James-Lange theory (1884) states that we experience…
Sara Fontecha MorganMay 30, 2022
“When we are in love with someone to the point that our worlds have been turned upside down and inside out, to the point that…
Vadim MartschenkoMay 23, 2022
Humans have an innate need to quantify success in an objective and simple manner. We operationalize our achievements in order to estimate our position in…
SIOS EditorsApril 15, 2022
Our perception of time is clearly subjective. We all have felt that time flies when we are having fun or when we are engaged in…
Ella TeuscherMarch 31, 2022
The field of Psychology has long been taunted about the our grand replication crisis as the biggest scam of our lives; but there’s another fire…
Nitya ShahMarch 21, 2022
Brains process information and no one knows exactly how. They solve problems, keep our memories and they are quite complex. Is it useful to say…
Magda Matetovici and Sjoerd TerpstraMarch 10, 2022
About the Author Julius is a final-year Research Master student at the UvA. Specializing in clinical and social psychology, his main interests are schizotypy research,…
SIOS EditorsMarch 2, 2022
About the Author Elias is a final-year business administration student specializing in finance at the UvA. About the Author Elias is a final-year…
SIOS EditorsFebruary 25, 2022
About the Author Nita is a final-year psychology student at the UvA, specializing in Brain & Cognition with a minor in Biomedical Sciences: Neurobiology. Interested…
SIOS EditorsFebruary 21, 2022
Open Science is just science done right. It is how we learn to conduct science during our studies. As scientists, we follow the scientific method…
SIOS EditorsFebruary 15, 2022
To attract a cat, one must present their hand at a respectable distance from her, one finger extended to mimic the nose of a companion…
Emanuela Zhecheva and Max WhiteJanuary 31, 2022
Illustration by Jon Williams, Real Change Me: Hello! AI bot: I don’t talk to you. Me: Oh, why not. AI bot: You don’t care why.…
Spiegeloog EditorsJanuary 25, 2022
Language is an incredible, but also a very complex human skill. It comes as no surprise that building it into the machines is not the…
Esna Mualla GunayJanuary 21, 2022
Smelling certain aromas, tasting a certain food and seeing certain objects can give us a sense of longing for home. It can make us feel…
Anushka SabhanamDecember 1, 2021