Alexandra Sarafoglou’s (Psychological Methods) question Dear Arjen, I often heard from friends who work as psychotherapists, that outside of university clinics there is an increasing…
Evita EgertMay 23, 2019
There are two types of questions: Easy Questions and Hard Questions. Easy Questions arise when you encounter a problem that you don’t know how to…
Denny BorsboomMay 14, 2019
In recent years, there has been an increasing number of exonerations in the United States (USA). It is puzzling that, despite intense interrogations and the…
Lydia TianMay 3, 2019
Yaïr Pinto’s (Brain and Cognition) question Dear Alexandra, Psychology, and many other fields, have been plagued by the ‘replication’ crisis. In short, many prominent findings…
Evita EgertApril 18, 2019
Recently, the head of the Palistinian health services claimed that the high prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that have been reported in Palestine…
Denny BorsboomApril 8, 2019
When it comes to treating anxiety, few would argue with the need to reduce stress. However, when it comes to treatment, are the consequences of…
Paul CookMarch 11, 2019
In his book The Essential Tension, historian of science Thomas Kuhn recalls how he arrived at his famous idea that science progresses by abrupt revolutions…
Denny BorsboomJanuary 18, 2019
Given how much we love to drive, why is it that car companies seem so obsessed with making our cars drive themselves? In human hands,…
Paul CookJanuary 18, 2019
In moments of crisis, one often perceives that time slows down. Everything appears to unfold in slow-motion and it feels as if minutes have gone…
Lydia TianJanuary 18, 2019