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About the Author Elias is a final-year business administration student specializing in finance at the UvA. About the Author Elias is a final-year…

SIOS EditorsFebruary 25, 2022

Science SIOS Spiegeloog 417: Science

Understanding Statistics: Why Critical Thinking Skills Are Essential for Future Researchers

About the Author Nita is a final-year psychology student at the UvA, specializing in Brain & Cognition with a minor in Biomedical Sciences: Neurobiology. Interested…

SIOS EditorsFebruary 21, 2022

Science SIOS Spiegeloog 417: Science

Introducing (the Student Initiative for) Open Science

Open Science is just science done right. It is how we learn to conduct science during our studies. As scientists, we follow the scientific method…

SIOS EditorsFebruary 15, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 416: Language

Meows and Woofs, Tails and Teeth: The Language and Culture of Animals

To attract a cat, one must present their hand at a respectable distance from her, one finger extended to mimic the nose of a companion…

Emanuela Zhecheva and Max WhiteJanuary 31, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 416: Language

A Dialogue on Consciousness

Illustration by Jon Williams, Real Change Me: Hello! AI bot: I don’t talk to you. Me: Oh, why not. AI bot: You don’t care why.…

Spiegeloog EditorsJanuary 25, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 416: Language

Machines with Semantic Networks

Language is an incredible, but also a very complex human skill. It comes as no surprise that building it into the machines is not the…

Esna Mualla GunayJanuary 21, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 415: Home

Longing for a Forgotten Home

Smelling certain aromas, tasting a certain food and seeing certain objects can give us a sense of longing for home. It can make us feel…

Anushka SabhanamDecember 1, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 415: Home

Can We Get Attached to Places?

Going through any social psychology textbook, we see that the need to belong is a fundamental need that every person has. We need to feel…

Milena KaprálováNovember 24, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Shy and Successful: What Empowers Timid Children

Parents of shy children might worry that they will have trouble making new friends, that they will fail to stand for themselves in unfair situations,…

Magda MatetoviciNovember 8, 2021

PSYCHsources Science Spiegeloog 414: Rise

PSYCHsources: Health Psychology

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…

Ofelya AliyevaOctober 27, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

How Can We Keep Dutch Science Afloat?

‘Such a nice Olympic summer,’ Marcel Levi, the new president of the Dutch science organization NWO must have thought (Levi, 2021). ‘Must be the perfect…

Rosa BreedOctober 15, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

To the Stars! The Psychology of Space Exploration

It is a technological world that we live in. Alongside smartphones, artificial intelligence and quantum computers, a new era is arising that might change the…

Emanuela ZhechevaOctober 12, 2021

Ivory Tower People Science Spiegeloog 413: Nature

Ivory Tower: Human Nature From a Methodological Point of View

Humans can’t be trusted with data. Especially when the stakes are high, human beings have difficulty keeping their heads cool and their thinking straight. The…

Denny BorsboomOctober 5, 2021

Ask the Expert People Science Spiegeloog 413: Nature

Ask the Expert: Education needs feedback

Hillie Aaldering Roeland Voskens Hillie Aaldering's (Work and Organizational Psychology) question Dear Roeland, As you know, I am very interested in maintaining and increasing the…

Spiegeloog EditorsOctober 1, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 413: Nature

Intricacies of Human Nature

Do your genes determine who you are, or is it the environment that shapes you the most? Given that you’re interested in psychology, I’m sure…

Valentin WeberSeptember 29, 2021

PSYCHsources Science Spiegeloog 413: Nature

PSYCHsources: Environmental Psychology

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

News & opinion Science Spiegeloog 413: Nature Terra

Terra: Vegan for the Environment

It is well known that the climate crisis is advancing at an alarming level and most people think anything that reduces our carbon footprint should…

Esna Mualla GunaySeptember 22, 2021

Science Spiegeloog 413: Nature

Nature: Free Therapy for Our Mental Health?

Hearing the songs of the birds and feeling the fresh air against your skin while you enjoy an outburst of green: nature seems to be…

Elise van GravenSeptember 20, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 413: Nature

Fractals to the Rescue!

Many people have taken up gardening or some other plant-related hobby during the pandemic. It seems that when we have the opportunity, we surround ourselves…

Milena KaprálováSeptember 15, 2021

Ask the Expert People Science Spiegeloog 412: Happiness

Ask the Expert: Making group work fair

Brenda Jansen Hillie Aaldering Brenda Jansen's (Clinical Developmental Psychology) question Dear Hillie, Because collaboration is often an important part of the job, in many settings,…

Spiegeloog EditorsJuly 13, 2021

PSYCHsources Science Spiegeloog 412: Happiness

PSYCHsources: Developmental Psychology

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…

Magda MatetoviciJune 16, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 412: Happiness

Humbling Happiness

The feeling of happiness has a peculiar status in our culture. We all wish to maximise it, but at the same time, we don’t seem…

Bas van TolJune 9, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 412: Happiness

Paradoxical Pleasures

Do you find yourself seeking angst-filled poetry or sad songs? Do you ever find yourself chomping down spicy food while your mouth is burning and…

Nitya Shah and Magda MatetoviciJune 7, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 412: Happiness

SSRIs & oestrogen – Happiness hormones for the menstruating

In a research article from 1961, 386 convicted women were interviewed, and it was shown that 49% of them committed their crime during menstruation or…

Spiegeloog EditorsJune 4, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 412: Happiness

The Happiness Paradox of Information

Inspired by the phrases ‘ignorance is bliss, ‘Tis folly to be wise’, and my experiences with knowledge and wisdom, I attempted to seek an answer…

Lydia TianJune 2, 2021