Spiegeloog 416: Language Archives

Bacchus News & opinion Spiegeloog 416: Language

Bacchus: Everyone Should Learn to Code

With rapidly developing technology, the demand for skilled computer scientists is surging, or at least people with some skills in programming. Things become even more…

Milena KaprálováFebruary 11, 2022

Ask the Expert People Spiegeloog 416: Language

Ask the Expert: How can the current developments in AI deepen our understanding of human intelligence?

Ingmar Visser Steven Scholte Ingmar Visser's (Developmental Psychology) question Dear Steven, Artificial intelligence is once again on the rise after what is called the AI…

Spiegeloog EditorsFebruary 9, 2022

Society Spiegeloog 416: Language

Our Education System Needs a Change

The sole focus of our education on verbal language has huge repercussions on an individual’s engagement with the world as an adult. We can start…

Arda ErginFebruary 7, 2022

Ivory Tower People Spiegeloog 416: Language

Ivory Tower: The Mystery of Language

Of all the behaviors that people engage in, speech is the biggest mystery. Even the physical act of speaking is bizarre, if you think about…

Denny BorsboomFebruary 4, 2022

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 416: Language

International Classroom: First Batch of English-Taught Psychology Students

When I started my bachelor’s in Psychology at the UvA in 2017/2018, I did not know I belonged to the last batch of students that…

Lisanne van der VeldenFebruary 2, 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

PSYCHsources Spiegeloog 416: Language

PSYCHsources: Mathematical Psychology

The term ‘mathematical psychology’ might to some of you sound like an oxymoron, a phrase that contains two irreconcilable words - mathematics and psychology. However,…

Milena KaprálováJanuary 28, 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

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

Society Spiegeloog 416: Language

The Silence of Sound

I observe silently as my uncle looks intently at the person talking, concentration evident on his face: eyes squinting, his mouth whispering the words he…

Avanti VijayJanuary 17, 2022

Office Hours Spiegeloog 416: Language

Office Hours: Astrid Homan

Astrid Homan is a member of the Work and Organisational Psychology department. Her research focuses on teams, especially diverse teams. She investigates how organisations can…

Laura SpringerJanuary 14, 2022

Culture Spiegeloog 416: Language

Creative Machine

Robot, een zelfportret schilderend by Johan Scherft Machine learning can be used to classify human responses in their level of creativity (Tsai, 2020), which must…

Tarik ManfrinatoJanuary 12, 2022

Spiegeloog 416: Language Words to Start

Words to Start: A Language by Susan Stewart

I had heard the story before about the two prisoners, alone in the same cell, and one gives the other lessons in a language. Day…

Anne Sophie GiacobelloJanuary 10, 2022