Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

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Bacchus: Harmony is overrated

This week, while procrastinating to study by browsing Instagram and news websites, I came to feel like there has been an increase in articles, infographics…

Anne Sophie GiacobelloJune 26, 2022

Ivory Tower Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

Ivory Tower: Scientific publishing is out of tune

One of the most controversial aspects of the scientific enterprise concerns the way scientific work is published. Basically, this works as follows. Scientists do research,…

Denny BorsboomJune 24, 2022

SIOS Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

The Inception of the Dunning-Kruger Effect

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 EditorsJune 22, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

The Lure of Sad Music

Presenting to you yet another case of how something sad paradoxically lures us and appeals to us. Philosophers have long been riddled by why we…

Nitya ShahJune 15, 2022

Society Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

Mental Palaces and Memory

Harmony is being at peace with yourself, perhaps even having a certain amount of control over yourself and your environment; it reinforces safety and promotes…

Aniya KhokarJune 13, 2022

News & opinion Spiegeloog 419: Harmony The Corridor

The Corridor: (Im)possible harmony?

The Corridor is a column that usually introduces two students including their name and picture. However, the current column will be different as we will…

Laura SpringerJune 10, 2022

Society Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

Hooked on Snapchat

Social media platforms such as Snapchat employ techniques known as dark patterns to influence user behaviour. What are they and how do they pose a…

Imran KhalidJune 8, 2022

Ask the Expert People Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

Ask the Expert: Can AI Learn From One Shot?

Han van der Maas Claire Stevenson Han van der Maas' (Psychological Methods) question Dear Claire, You are a great expert of intelligent systems. With regard…

Spiegeloog EditorsJune 6, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

A Scientific and Buddhistic Take on Dichotomies

When discussions turn into “either/or”-debates, when arguments are oversimplified into dichotomies and when “being in favour” of something equals “being against” another thing – should…

Anika KorobkovJune 3, 2022

Camera Obscura Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

Camera Obscura: Turning Red

Turning Red is the newest animation released by Pixar. It features the story of Mei Lee, a Chinese-Canadian teenager who enters puberty and struggles to…

Magda MatetoviciJune 1, 2022

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Emotional Connection: The Relationship Within Yourself

Illustration by Arianna Cavalli In psychology, various theories of emotion propose the workings of this relationship. Surprisingly, the James-Lange theory (1884) states that we experience…

Sara Fontecha MorganMay 30, 2022

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Domestic Harmony

Family is a central part of everyone’s life, they are the people we rely on and learn from in the first years of our lives…

Christine LastovkaMay 27, 2022

Books Spiegeloog 419: Harmony Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Atlas of the Heart

Brené Brown is an American academic researcher, known for her research on shame, leadership, and vulnerability. In addition, she is famously known for her TED…

Anushka SabhanamMay 25, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

Love and Other Drugs

“When we are in love with someone to the point that our worlds have been turned upside down and inside out, to the point that…

Vadim MartschenkoMay 23, 2022

Athena Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

Athena: Can We Reach Harmony Through Aggression?

The catharsis hypothesis claims that suppressed emotions, such as anger and frustrations, can be alleviated by expressing them through aggression. Traditionally, the concept of catharsis…

Anne Sophie GiacobelloMay 19, 2022

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Not Another Group Assignment!

Group projects can be frustrating. But they are often used to assess students and are argued to be good preparation for professional work. In this…

Magda Matetovici and Emanuela ZhechevaMay 16, 2022

PSYCHsources Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

PSYCHsources: Music Psychology

Music Psychology studies the mental processes involved in listening to or performing music, as well as the psychological effects of music (Deutsch, 2016). It is…