Athena: Is a Cluttered Desk really a Sign of a Cluttered Mind?
If there’s one thing my mother was strict about growing up, it was keeping my space organized. She would often repeat, "A messy desk is…
Healing in a Broken World: Mental Health as a Social Issue
We treat mental health like an individual problem – something to be fixed with therapy, medication, or resilience. But what if that’s only half the…
Spiegeloog 408: Consequences
Bacchus: Toward More Desirable Consequences
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…
Free Will: Causes or Consequences?
Why did you click on this article? Presumably, you did simply because you wanted to. Yet, as a psychologically interested person, you probably know that…
What is it like: Joselyn Arevalo Moran
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…
Science
Embracing the Edge of Chaos: What Nature and Criticality Can Teach Us About Resilience
In the beginning—before thought, before words, before meaning—there was matter and there was chaos. Then, at some forgotten moment in time, a shift occurred: chaos…
Should We Measure Our Own Intelligence?
What does intelligence really mean? Can an IQ test define your potential? The answer is far more complex than a single score.What does intelligence really…
Society
Healing in a Broken World: Mental Health as a Social Issue
We treat mental health like an individual problem – something to be fixed with therapy, medication, or resilience. But what if that’s only half the…
Navigation: What We Know From Evolution and Neuroscience
When you think of the word navigation, what comes to mind? Is it the GPS on your phone that directs you to a new restaurant?…
People of psychology
The Paradox of Progress: Looking for Little Green Men, Ignoring Big Red Flags
Technological advancement reshapes what matters in the human narrative: not just the direction of our story as a species, but also the values we choose…
Spiegeloog 437: ‘Direction’ – Editorial
Dear readers, Over the span of a lifetime, we all tirelessly search for something - be it a person, a calling, a place in the…
Art & culture
Art Affairs: The Great Wall Walk
On the 30th March 1988, at opposite ends of The Great Wall of China, Marina Abramoviç and Ulay embarked on a 3 month journey, walking…
Books
Tabula Rasa: Changing Planes
When meeting people from different cultures, does the way they think, act, and see the world baffle you? Are you wishing that you could experience…
Tabula Rasa: Atlas of the Heart
Brené Brown is an American academic researcher, known for her research on shame, leadership, and vulnerability. In addition, she is famously known for her TED…
