Matthijs Baas' (Work and Organizational Psychology) question: Dear Bastiaan, Highly creative ideas are often rejected and ridiculed. Kodak rejected the digital camera when it was…
Tien jaar geleden ontstak een storm in de sociale wetenschappen. Met de replicatiecrisis leken onze ergste vermoedens werkelijkheid te worden. ‘Waar zijn we mee bezig?’…
Sanne de Wit’s (Clinical Psychology) Question: Dear Matthijs, As discussed here, habits may persist even when one consciously intends to suppress or change the behavior.…
For centuries, it was believed that humans made decisions on the basis of maximizing value. Recent theories and evidence show that this is most likely…
In the past centuries, science has made amazing progress. The quintessential philosophical questions ‘What is stuff made of?’, ‘How did the universe come into being?’…
Bijna iedereen is de hele dag door aan het lezen. Tegenwoordig zijn steed meer teksten op beeldschermen te vinden, en minder op papier. Onderzoek toont…
Reinout Wiers’ (Developmental Psychology) question: Dear Sanne, In Ask the Expert, I have answered the question into which extent addiction is a disease of the…
I often hang out with scientists from different disciplines. Over the years, I have found that there exist profound differences in how people evaluate their…
Hekserij, demonen, gekkenhuizen en hersenoperaties: denkbeelden over psychopathologie, hebben een dynamische en veranderlijke geschiedenis achter zich liggen, net als de bijbehorende behandelingen. Hoe werden de technieken vroeger…
After the introduction of computers into scientific research in the late 1960s, a sizeable group of researchers thought intelligent robots were just around the corner.…
Frenk van Harreveld’s (Social Psychology) question Dear Reinout, My question is about addiction and whether the discussion about the origins of addiction may have impact…
While the neurodiversity movement seeks to overcome stigma by celebrating neurological differences between people, the internet prefers to speculate about diagnoses for society’s most successful.…
Climate change is a complex and multifaceted problem related to population growth, energy, (geo)politics, economy, science, technology, agriculture, travelling and tourism? How could psychology contribute…
While the study of money is typically left to economists, it is actually a quintessential psychological phenomenon. If anyone should be able to explain how…
Stel je voor: je hebt het winnende lot op zak. Feitelijk niets meer dan een stukje papier, maar nu onvoorstelbaar waardevol door de miljoenenprijs die…
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