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
This week, while procrastinating to study by browsing Instagram and news websites, I came to feel like there has been an increase in articles, infographics…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloJune 26, 2022
The catharsis hypothesis claims that suppressed emotions, such as anger and frustrations, can be alleviated by expressing them through aggression. Traditionally, the concept of catharsis…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloMay 19, 2022
There are many reasons why people do a (second) study or start studying at an older age than is usual. Maybe they decided to take…
Magda Matetovici and Anne Sophie GiacobelloMay 3, 2022
Although it is the world’s largest uninterrupted intertidal sea area and extends along the coasts of Germany, the Netherlands (the two countries I know best)…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloApril 11, 2022
Sometimes it is strange how much the feeling of time changes depending on our circumstances. Most people feel like their weekends go by a lot…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloApril 8, 2022
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me And I shall spend…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloMarch 30, 2022
I had heard the story before about the two prisoners, alone in the same cell, and one gives the other lessons in a language. Day…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloJanuary 10, 2022
'We choose romantic partners who are similar to our parents.' According to psychologist John Gottman, the attraction to and selection of a partner could…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloNovember 29, 2021
Being pregnant and using drugs - that does not sound like a problem-free combination, right? And the stigmatization of people who use (illegal) drugs is…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloNovember 17, 2021
Letter of War Poet and Officer Wilfred Owen to His Mother Dearest Mother, I will call the place from which I’m now writing “The…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloNovember 15, 2021
When watching the trailer of the movie Druk (English title: Another Round) from Thomas Vinterberg you might at first get the feeling that the movie is somehow a…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloNovember 4, 2021
'Opposites attract.' People who differ from us are often perceived as interesting, which might be caused by the ‘mystery’ that comes with just not…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloOctober 20, 2021
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloOctober 11, 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…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloSeptember 27, 2021
Jeff Hawkins is the founder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company, and is mainly devoted to neuroscience and its connection to artificial intelligence. Seventeen years…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloSeptember 13, 2021
How good to lie a little while And look up through the tree! The Sky is like a kind big smile Bent sweetly over me.…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloSeptember 6, 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
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
Photo by Sandra SchönAlmost a year ago, I was forced to take a lunch break as my unstable internet connection made it impossible to watch…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloApril 19, 2021
Tobias Hanses What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Tobias Hanses (bachelor, second year). What is the most useful thing…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloMarch 19, 2021
One can hardly think of the LGBTQ community without thinking of the rainbow flag. Walking through the Amsterdam city center, no symbol expresses diversity more…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloMarch 3, 2021