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
Many of us can’t imagine spending holidays without going abroad. The world is ‘going global’ and we are still finding out what the consequences are:…
Milena KaprálováApril 17, 2020
How is it possible, that despite our ability to comprehend the world in a way that no other species can, we still can’t seem to…
Ofelya AliyevaApril 15, 2020
Some time ago, when I was visiting the University of Oslo, I was introduced to a Norwegian psychometrician whom I will designate as professor X.…
Denny BorsboomApril 6, 2020
If you are a psychology student, there is a good chance that you have heard about the many ways people can be influenced by linguistic…
Valentin WeberApril 3, 2020
In his allegory of the cave, the philosopher Plato imagines a group of people seated in a cave, looking at a wall in front of…
Denny BorsboomMarch 23, 2020
Is the world precisely as it appears in our mind’s eye, or is what we see an illusion? Over the last thirty years, cognitive psychologists…
Paul CookMarch 20, 2020
Tien jaar geleden ontstak een storm in de sociale wetenschappen. Met de replicatiecrisis leken onze ergste vermoedens werkelijkheid te worden. ‘Waar zijn we mee bezig?’…
Henrik PröpperMarch 14, 2020
Sanne de Wit’s (Clinical Psychology) Question: Dear Matthijs, As discussed here, habits may persist even when one consciously intends to suppress or change the behavior.…
Evita EgertMarch 11, 2020
For centuries, it was believed that humans made decisions on the basis of maximizing value. Recent theories and evidence show that this is most likely…
Néstor Narbona ChulviMarch 6, 2020
Bewust zijn van het feit dat je aan het dromen bent en zelf kiezen wat je wilt doen: lucide dromen bieden je deze mogelijkheid. Wat…
Julius DullaertFebruary 21, 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
In the past centuries, science has made amazing progress. The quintessential philosophical questions ‘What is stuff made of?’, ‘How did the universe come into being?’…
Denny BorsboomFebruary 13, 2020
‘Sorry, wat zei je?’ - iedereen dwaalt wel eens af met zijn gedachten. Daar is niks mis mee. Maar wat als dagdromen je leven overneemt?…
Lisa CappendijkFebruary 7, 2020
Bijna iedereen is de hele dag door aan het lezen. Tegenwoordig zijn steed meer teksten op beeldschermen te vinden, en minder op papier. Onderzoek toont…
Julius DullaertJanuary 31, 2020
Reinout Wiers’ (Developmental Psychology) question: Dear Sanne, In Ask the Expert, I have answered the question into which extent addiction is a disease of the…
Evita EgertJanuary 27, 2020
I often hang out with scientists from different disciplines. Over the years, I have found that there exist profound differences in how people evaluate their…
Denny BorsboomJanuary 22, 2020
Hekserij, demonen, gekkenhuizen en hersenoperaties: denkbeelden over psychopathologie, hebben een dynamische en veranderlijke geschiedenis achter zich liggen, net als de bijbehorende behandelingen. Hoe werden de technieken vroeger…
Elise van GravenJanuary 17, 2020
After the introduction of computers into scientific research in the late 1960s, a sizeable group of researchers thought intelligent robots were just around the corner.…
Denny BorsboomDecember 18, 2019
Frenk van Harreveld’s (Social Psychology) question Dear Reinout, My question is about addiction and whether the discussion about the origins of addiction may have impact…
Evita EgertDecember 16, 2019
While the neurodiversity movement seeks to overcome stigma by celebrating neurological differences between people, the internet prefers to speculate about diagnoses for society’s most successful.…
Paul CookOctober 16, 2019
Climate change is a complex and multifaceted problem related to population growth, energy, (geo)politics, economy, science, technology, agriculture, travelling and tourism? How could psychology contribute…
Evita EgertOctober 9, 2019
While the study of money is typically left to economists, it is actually a quintessential psychological phenomenon. If anyone should be able to explain how…
Denny BorsboomSeptember 11, 2019
Stel je voor: je hebt het winnende lot op zak. Feitelijk niets meer dan een stukje papier, maar nu onvoorstelbaar waardevol door de miljoenenprijs die…
Elise van GravenSeptember 4, 2019