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
The Physical and Psychological Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse & the Current Pandemic Lockdown Although studies agree with the countless gruesome consequences of childhood sexual…
Elise van GravenDecember 3, 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
In the past few months, I have been involved in research programs aimed to measure and promote social distancing. For example, in the Smart Distance…
Denny BorsboomNovember 23, 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
As human beings, we spend a great deal of time observing what others do. We do that to learn how certain things must be done…
Magda MatetoviciNovember 16, 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
Are you curious about how a human being develops starting from birth? The time you studied the world most intensively, was when you were a…
Bianca Moraru and Magda MatetoviciNovember 9, 2020