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Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 445: Desire

Ask the Expert: Humor

Some people are very funny and we say they have a good sense of humor. What does that actually mean?

Spiegeloog EditorsJune 26, 2026

Spiegeloog 445: Desire Words to Start

Words to Start: Wishbone by Richard Siken

You saved my life he says I owe you everything. You don’t, I say, you don’t owe me squat, let’s just get going, let’s just get gone,…

Spiegeloog EditorsJune 12, 2026

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 444: Salience

Ask the Expert: Financial Uncertainty and Education

How do financial pressures affect people, and are there effective ways to help?

Spiegeloog EditorsMay 1, 2026

Spiegeloog 444: Salience Words to Start

Words to Start: A Person Protests to Fate by Jane Hirshfield

A person protests to fate: “The things you have caused me most to want are those that furthest elude me.” Fate nods. Fate is sympathetic.…

Spiegeloog EditorsApril 24, 2026

Spiegeloog 443: Challenge

Dark Brown or Purple?

Fifty years ago, a Spiegeloog writer had strong things to say about the of of psychology parties from one venue to another. As a glimpse…

Spiegeloog EditorsApril 20, 2026

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 443: Challenge

Ask the Expert: Becoming More Charismatic

Sasha Block's (Work and Organisational Psychology) question:Dear Lara, We always hear that charisma matters (for example, in leadership), but how can one work on becoming…

Spiegeloog EditorsMarch 27, 2026

Spiegeloog 443: Challenge Words to Start

Words to Start: Autumn by Mikko Harvey

93,651 guinea pigs felt pain last year during scientific experiments. Noble pigs, we only wished to know you! To know ourselves through you, and perhaps…

Spiegeloog EditorsMarch 6, 2026

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 442: Character

Ask the Expert: Supporting Colleagues With Chronic Illness

Dear Sasha, Since the pandemic, we have been seeing a marked increase in chronic, disabling illnesses. What can psychological research teach us about how people…

Spiegeloog EditorsFebruary 16, 2026

News & opinion Spiegeloog 442: Character

VSPA Conference on Resilience: Earn 3 Colloquium Points

A one-day event offering talks, workshops, and networking opportunities for psychology students. This year’s VSPA Conference will take place on 18 February at CREA, Roeterseiland…

Spiegeloog EditorsFebruary 11, 2026

Spiegeloog 442: Character Words to Start

Words to Start: Rehearsal Notes by Len Verwey

Sorry, I assumed you were awake anyway. Let's try it without the heavy breathing toward the end of the scene in the garden. It distracts,…

Spiegeloog EditorsJanuary 23, 2026

Spiegeloog 441: Memory Words to Start

Words to Start: Nostos by Louise Glück

There was an apple tree in the yard — this would have been forty years ago — behind, only meadows. Drifts of crocus in the…

Spiegeloog EditorsNovember 28, 2025

Spiegeloog 440: Performance Words to Start

Words to Start: The Way the Light Reflects by Richard Siken

The paint doesn’t move the way the light reflects, so what’s there to be faithful to? I am faithful to you, darling. I say it to the…

Spiegeloog EditorsOctober 17, 2025

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 439: Balance

Ask the Expert: Why Gender Equality Isn’t Always What It Seems

Agneta Fischer Katharina Block Agneta Fischer's question Dear Kate, You are studying gender stereotypes and you have lived and earned your degrees in the US.…

Spiegeloog EditorsJune 30, 2025

Spiegeloog 439: Balance Words to Start

Words to Start: Unearthing by Mikko Harvey

At night sometimes I go to the pond which is a perfect circle and as soon as I arrive the gazelle is there too standing…

Spiegeloog EditorsJune 4, 2025

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 437: Direction

Ask the Expert: Nurture in Sexual Emotions

Mark Spiering Agneta Fischer Mark Spiering’s (Clinical Psychology) question Dear Agneta, Do you think all important gender differences in the sexual emotions are nurture? Mark…

Spiegeloog EditorsMarch 3, 2025

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 436: Risk

Ask the Expert: Teaching and FMG Obligations

Angelique Bakker-Pieper Mark Spiering Angelique Bakker-Pieper’s (Work & Organizational Psychology) question Dear Mark, How is it to combine teaching and teaching related activities with your…

Spiegeloog EditorsJanuary 15, 2025

Spiegeloog 436: Risk

Christiaan Hamaker Prize: The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Use on Intrinsic Learning Motivation

Welcome to the winning propaedeutic thesis of the 2023/2024 academic year: A new era of artificial intelligence has ushered in many technological interventions that can…

Spiegeloog EditorsJanuary 10, 2025

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 435: Fantasy

Ask the Expert: Teaching Dynamics

Annematt Collot D'Escury-Koenigs Angelique Bakker-Pieper Annematt Collot D'Escury-Koenigs's (developmental psychology) question Dear Angelique, How does teaching kids differ from teaching UvA students? Angelique Bakker-Pieper's (Work & Organizational…

Spiegeloog EditorsDecember 2, 2024

Spiegeloog 429: Explore

Spiegeloog Editors: Favorite Spots in Amsterdam

With the year in full swing, our editors decided to share their favorite spots in Amsterdam. If you would like to visit any of our…

Spiegeloog EditorsDecember 11, 2023

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 429: Explore

Ask the Expert: It is all about belonging

Allard Feddes Annematt Collot D'Escury-Koenigs Allard Fedde's question is for Annematt Collot D'Escury-Koenigs (Developmental Psychology) Dear Anne-Matt, You are an expert on antisocial behaviour in…

Spiegeloog EditorsDecember 4, 2023

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 428: Alive

Ask the Expert: Countering Radicalization

Marte Otten Allard Feddes Marte Otten's question is for Allard Feddes (Social Psychology) Dear Allard, Nowadays, every other newspaper article or talkshow discusses polarisation: the…

Spiegeloog EditorsOctober 17, 2023

Spiegeloog 428: Alive

Otto Selz – Monument for a Forgotten Pioneer

We would like to thank Richard Ridderinkhof and Spiegeloog alumni Viktor Bussato for allowing us to publish an English version of this piece on our…

Spiegeloog EditorsOctober 13, 2023

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 427: Anomalies

Ask the Expert: Balancing Accuracy and ‘Coolness’

RICHARD RIDDERINKHOF’S QUESTION IS FOR MARTE OTTEN (BRAIN & COGNITION): Dear Marte, Your recent finding that human memory gets unreliable within seconds incited massive media…

Spiegeloog EditorsSeptember 20, 2023

Spiegeloog 427: Anomalies

Christiaan Hamaker Prize – Winning Thesis: Optimal Defaults and Children’s Nutritional Choices

The Christiaan Hamaker prize is awarded to the best propaedeutic thesis in the psychology bachelor at the University of Amsterdam every year. Last academic year,…

Spiegeloog EditorsSeptember 8, 2023

Ask the Expert Spiegeloog 426: Liberation

Ask the Expert: Emotions, Actions, & Cognitions

Henk Jan Conradi’s (Clinical Psychology) question: Dear Richard, At the clinical psychology department we are, of course, interested in psychotherapy. Starting points for change differ…

Spiegeloog EditorsMay 3, 2023