Anushka, one of our editors in chief, recommended an APA podcast on friendships. In the podcast, we learn that friendships come about when people engage…
Laura SpringerNovember 11, 2022
Punishing someone who has done something wrong seems natural in a just society. We cannot allow that person to continue to cause damages for the…
Christine LastovkaNovember 4, 2022
When we assess psychological attributes, like depression, intelligence, or attitudes, we commonly use sets of items that “measure” the construct in question. A sizable literature…
Denny BorsboomNovember 3, 2022
Nhu Hua Xuan. I'm home late, don't you care where I've been? Extract from the series 'Honey Baby', 2020. Nhu Xuan Hua, French-Vietnamese artist, features…
Anushka SabhanamNovember 2, 2022
‘Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head?’ Pixar’s Inside Out follows the life of Riley, an 11-year-old…
Evita EgertNovember 1, 2022
Most of us trust science in one way or the other. We follow our doctor’s advice or agree with the school’s methods of teaching us…
Magda MatetoviciOctober 31, 2022
Mirror mirror on the wall, what should I wear to impress them all? Clothes are often hypothesised to be a form of communication and self-expression,…
Anika KorobkovOctober 28, 2022
Dylan Molenaar is an assistant professor in the Psychological Methods department. He did his bachelor’s, research master’s, PhD, and Postdoc1 in Psychology at the UvA.…
Laura SpringerOctober 26, 2022
How do you fill the existential void? When our lives are purely experiences, you start to wonder, what is the point of it all? The…
Sara Fontecha MorganOctober 25, 2022
Is falling in love with someone only possible in romantic love? By reflecting on the relationship with my best friend I try to understand where…
Vadim MartschenkoOctober 21, 2022
Imagine you come out of a store in which you just bought yourself a book. If I would ask you who chose the book you…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloOctober 19, 2022
It often feels like each time I visit my extended family in India, something has inevitably changed since the previous trip: cousins growing taller than…
Avanti VijayOctober 17, 2022
Leave the past behind and look forward. According to social media, that is what we would most like to do. But once in a while,…
Quinty MarsOctober 14, 2022
I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I…
Anushka SabhanamOctober 12, 2022
Dear readers, One month has already flown by as we settle into the new academic year. We have had a wonderful time putting together the…
Anushka Sabhanam and Evita EgertOctober 11, 2022