Brenda Jansen Hillie Aaldering Brenda Jansen's (Clinical Developmental Psychology) question Dear Hillie, Because collaboration is often an important part of the job, in many settings,…
Spiegeloog EditorsJuly 13, 2021
Dark shirts with dangerous-looking, bloody faces on it, black dyed hair and a slightly annoyed facial expression. Is that how you imagine a ‘metalhead’, a…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloJune 18, 2021
For this issue’s Office Hours, Spiegeloog talked to study advisors Rebeka Rotter and Irene Luth. Rebeka Rotter is a recently employed study advisors who completed…
Bianca MoraruJune 16, 2021
PSYCHsources introduces a different topic from psychology every month. It offers a list of resources that are useful to anyone who wants to learn more…
Magda MatetoviciJune 16, 2021
Why is it morally right to help a person in need? Why is it morally wrong to hurt others? More generally, according to which principle…
Valentin WeberJune 14, 2021
In 'Let's Mingle', Lucie and Marie aim to build more cohesion in the University of Amsterdam through cross-faculty interactions and exchanges of ideas. For each…
Lucie Pressl and Marie GaebelJune 9, 2021
The feeling of happiness has a peculiar status in our culture. We all wish to maximise it, but at the same time, we don’t seem…
Bas van TolJune 9, 2021
Do you find yourself seeking angst-filled poetry or sad songs? Do you ever find yourself chomping down spicy food while your mouth is burning and…
Nitya Shah and Magda MatetoviciJune 7, 2021
In a research article from 1961, 386 convicted women were interviewed, and it was shown that 49% of them committed their crime during menstruation or…
Spiegeloog EditorsJune 4, 2021
Inspired by the phrases ‘ignorance is bliss, ‘Tis folly to be wise’, and my experiences with knowledge and wisdom, I attempted to seek an answer…
Lydia TianJune 2, 2021
Illustration by Chitra MohanlalThis issue is about happiness. When writing a column about the pandemic and happiness I have two easy options: either I could…
Quinty MarsMay 31, 2021
Noa Reijerse What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Noa Reijerse (bachelor, first year). What is the most useful thing…
Amelie JörgensenMay 28, 2021
People want to be happy and to know how happy others are. To convey how happy we are, we have to define happiness and then…
Milena KaprálováMay 26, 2021
For this issue of the Spiegeloog, instead of asking two psychology students about what makes them happy, I thought it would be nice to ask…
Laura SpringerMay 24, 2021
Who suffers more, the one who stays, or the one who has to leave? A Matter of Death and Life is a bittersweet collaborative memoir…
Arda ErginMay 21, 2021
Orange dots are floating around the screen. ‘Our lives are filled with distraction, filled with stimulation’, you hear the Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe saying. ‘Imagine…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloMay 19, 2021
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloMay 17, 2021