Psychedelica lijken weer helemaal terug van weggeweest. De eerste wetenschappelijke onderzoeken naar psychedelica in de jaren 50 en 60 waren veelbelovend, maar met de aftrap…
Wolter de BoerJune 26, 2019
Dit interview is afkomstig uit Spiegeloog 391: ‘Youth’, verschenen in september 2018. In haar net verschenen boek ‘Seks op z’n Duits’ schrijft Linda Duits: ‘Niet geheel…
Spiegeloog EditorsJune 24, 2019
Is there something we can learn from primates when it comes to humankind’s social order and individual life expectancy? Mees Diederik Egeler explores some of…
Spiegeloog EditorsJune 23, 2019
Arjen Noordhof’s (Clinical Psychology) question: Dear Max, In 1895 Freud wrote ‘Entwurf einer Psychology’; a failed attempt at neuropsychoanalysis avant la lettre. He gave up…
Evita EgertJune 20, 2019
One of the most amazing things that living creatures can do is find their way. If you think about it, this is far from trivial.…
Denny BorsboomJune 19, 2019
Alexandra Sarafoglou’s (Psychological Methods) question Dear Arjen, I often heard from friends who work as psychotherapists, that outside of university clinics there is an increasing…
Evita EgertMay 23, 2019
Communicatie is een essentieel onderdeel voor het bouwen van vriendschappen, het overbrengen van kennis en voor het functioneren van de samenleving. Moderne technologie biedt de…
Julius DullaertMay 21, 2019
There are two types of questions: Easy Questions and Hard Questions. Easy Questions arise when you encounter a problem that you don’t know how to…
Denny BorsboomMay 14, 2019
In recent years, there has been an increasing number of exonerations in the United States (USA). It is puzzling that, despite intense interrogations and the…
Lydia TianMay 3, 2019
Yaïr Pinto’s (Brain and Cognition) question Dear Alexandra, Psychology, and many other fields, have been plagued by the ‘replication’ crisis. In short, many prominent findings…
Evita EgertApril 18, 2019
Recently, the head of the Palistinian health services claimed that the high prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that have been reported in Palestine…
Denny BorsboomApril 8, 2019
When it comes to treating anxiety, few would argue with the need to reduce stress. However, when it comes to treatment, are the consequences of…
Paul CookMarch 11, 2019
In his book The Essential Tension, historian of science Thomas Kuhn recalls how he arrived at his famous idea that science progresses by abrupt revolutions…
Denny BorsboomJanuary 18, 2019
Given how much we love to drive, why is it that car companies seem so obsessed with making our cars drive themselves? In human hands,…
Paul CookJanuary 18, 2019
In moments of crisis, one often perceives that time slows down. Everything appears to unfold in slow-motion and it feels as if minutes have gone…
Lydia TianJanuary 18, 2019