Books Archives - Spiegeloog

Books Spiegeloog 425: Vision Tabula Rasa

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…

Anushka SabhanamApril 5, 2023

Books Spiegeloog 419: Harmony Tabula Rasa

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…

Anushka SabhanamMay 25, 2022

Books Spiegeloog 417: Science Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Check, check, check and check. Does this sound familiar to my fellow to-do list community? Well, our attempt at being productive may well be a…

Sophie HallFebruary 18, 2022

Books Spiegeloog 416: Language Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Time of the Magicians

According to the translator, art critic, and philosopher Walter Benjamin, to critique a work of art is to become its partial co-creator. By reflecting on…

Rosa BreedJanuary 19, 2022

Books Spiegeloog 415: Home

Tabula Rasa: Rationality

Most people think of themselves as rational. However, it turns out that it is a good idea to be skeptical about our own rationality because…

Magda MatetoviciDecember 3, 2021

Books Spiegeloog 414: Rise Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Dopamine Nation

The Dopamine Nation, written by Anna Lembke, aims to explain human’s chase for pleasure in an easily digestible manner. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist as…

Lydia TianOctober 14, 2021

Books Spiegeloog 413: Nature Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: A Thousand Brains

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

Books Spiegeloog 412: Happiness Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: A Matter of Death and Life

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

Books Spiegeloog 411: Power Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: How Judges Judge: Empirical Insights into Judicial Decision-Making

Judges play a critical role in our society. Their decisions hold the power to commit someone to prison for the rest of their lives, to…

Esna Mualla GunayMay 3, 2021

Books Society Spiegeloog 410: Rainbows

Tabula Rasa: Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity – and Why This Harms Everybody

Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody, is a recently published book by Helen…

Lydia TianMarch 1, 2021

Books Spiegeloog 409: Conflict Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: The Use and Misuse of the Experimental Method in Social Psychology

Milgram, Sherif, Rosenhan, Zimbardo, Rosenthal. To any psychology student, these names signify the giants of social psychology whose legacy is unspeakable. However, is it really…

Milena KaprálováJanuary 6, 2021

Books International Classroom People Spiegeloog 408: Consequences

International Classroom: Eric-Jan Wagenmakers about Bayesian Thinking for Toddlers

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers is a professor in neurocognitive modelling at UvA’s Psychological Methods Department. He recently published a book with the remarkable title Bayesian Thinking for…

Julius DullaertNovember 19, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 408: Consequences Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: The Psychology of Wellbeing

The Psychology of Wellbeing by Gary W. Wood is witty and insightful with a psychological and philosophical take on wellbeing. This book provokes one to…

Lydia TianNovember 12, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 407: Motivation Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: 12 Rules for Life – An Antidote to Chaos

Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist who suddenly appeared in the public eye with his controversial political views a couple of years ago. In…

Esna Mualla GunayOctober 5, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 406: The Unknown Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Victor

Victor kan niet wachten tot hij gaat studeren, zijn eigen geld heeft en op zijn eigen benen kan staan. Zijn vader heeft hij nooit gekend…

Lisanne van der VeldenSeptember 7, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 405: Together Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Parkinson’s Law And Other Studies In Administration

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”. It is an insightful statement. It has been scientifically proven and it is…

Néstor Narbona ChulviJune 5, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 404: Experience Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Het Water Komt

Het water komt is een open brief van Rutger Bregman aan alle burgers van Nederland. De brief lijkt goed aan te sluiten bij het bekende boek…

Julius DullaertMay 22, 2020

Books Science

Psychiatrie: kunnen we voorbij een individuele aanpak?

De psychiatrie barst uit haar voegen. Sinds de staat van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg op de publieke debat-agenda staat, is ook de vraag naar waarom burgers…

Wolter de BoerMay 2, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 403: Global Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Laat me toch niet gek zijn

In Laat me toch niet gek zijn lees je gesprekken tussen de neuropsycholoog A.K. Benjamin (een pseudoniem voor de schrijver) en zijn patiënten. Elk hoofdstuk…

Lisanne van der VeldenApril 8, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 402: Appearances Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Praten met Vreemden

Boekrecensie van het boek Praten met Vreemden door Malcolm GladwellHoe vaak is het je wel niet overkomen dat er verbazing, irritatie of zelf ruzie is ontstaan…

Dewi JagerMarch 13, 2020

Books Science Spiegeloog 401: Dreams

Why We Write About Sleep

There are a lot of myths surrounding sleep. Some people will say that anything less than eight hours of sleep each night is unhealthy, while…

Rosa BreedFebruary 14, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 400: Psychology & Writing

Writing about Schizophrenia

What does it mean to have schizophrenia? And what is the status of ‘Schizophrenia’ as a concept in our current time? Annabel reviews two books:…

Annabel SimjouwJanuary 24, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 400: Psychology & Writing Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: De grenzen van mijn taal

De grenzen van mijn taal is een filosofisch essay waarin schrijfster en filosofe Eva Meijer het onderwerp depressie vanuit verschillende perspectieven belicht. Filosofen maken soms…

Rosa BreedJanuary 21, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 399: Attention

Wie redt de hulpverleners?

Lange wachtlijsten, mensen met gecompliceerde problematiek die nergens geholpen kunnen worden en een toenemende administratieve last maken de staat van de ggz al jarenlang verhit…

Wolter de BoerJanuary 3, 2020

Books Spiegeloog 399: Attention

Boekrecensie: Kleinzeer van Nadia de Vries

Het belangrijkste inzicht dat ik heb overgehouden aan mijn bachelor in de klinische psychologie is, denk ik, dat we maar heel weinig kennis hebben over…

Wolter de BoerDecember 11, 2019