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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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