Spiegeloog 427: Anomalies

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Bacchus: Here’s How We Solve Climate Change

Anomalies are usually triggering for us. Imagine your doctor telling you that there’s an anomaly in your blood test. You would be alarmed, would try…

Arda ErginOctober 6, 2023

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The Dark Side of Chivalry

Modern feminists are often dismissed by remarking that by law, we are all equal now and thus there is no need for feminism anymore. And…

Christine LastovkaSeptember 29, 2023

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Ivory Tower: Anomalous Experience

In the behavioral sciences, one of the main methodological tensions is between qualitative and quantitative approaches. Traditionally, qualitative approaches focus on understanding human behavior through…

Denny BorsboomSeptember 27, 2023

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Robust Effects, No Theory Attached

INTRO It’s a busy night in the theater of soon-to-be-forgotten psychology essays: researchers are preregistering their guesses regarding the performance; the puppeteer is frenetically replacing…

SIOS EditorsSeptember 22, 2023

Ask the Expert People Spiegeloog 427: Anomalies

Ask the Expert: Balancing Accuracy and ‘Coolness’

RICHARD RIDDERINKHOF’S QUESTION IS FOR MARTE OTTEN (BRAIN & COGNITION): Dear Marte, Your recent finding that human memory gets unreliable within seconds incited massive media…

Spiegeloog EditorsSeptember 20, 2023

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From Birds and Bees to Real-World Experience: A New Approach to Sex Education

Sex education is often viewed as a crucial aspect of education, as it empowers individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to engage in safe…

Sara Fontecha MorganSeptember 18, 2023

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Feral Children

Humans have built a world that thrives on connection. Isolation stands as a potent aberration, casting its shadow upon our thoroughly social existence. It is…

Shriya BangSeptember 15, 2023

Science Spiegeloog 427: Anomalies

The Arbitrary Line Between Normal and Abnormal

We have all experienced days where our anxiety or low mood take over and life becomes heavier than usual. Additionally, most of us have jokingly…

Katie ZankelSeptember 13, 2023

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Can we be friends?

Dr. Stephen Shore once said, “If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.” The autism spectrum encompasses a wide variety…

Jules KotowiczSeptember 11, 2023

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Christiaan Hamaker Prize – Winning Thesis: Optimal Defaults and Children’s Nutritional Choices

The Christiaan Hamaker prize is awarded to the best propaedeutic thesis in the psychology bachelor at the University of Amsterdam every year. Last academic year,…

Spiegeloog EditorsSeptember 8, 2023

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Terra & International Classroom: Shell, Fossil Fuel Companies, and the UvA

In December 2022, along with many other students, I signed a petition from the University Rebellion UvA which demanded that the UvA cut their ties…

Laura SpringerSeptember 6, 2023

Spiegeloog 427: Anomalies

Spiegeloog 427: ‘Anomalies’ – Editorial

Dear readers, Welcome back! We hope that you are well-rested after the summer break and are ready to kick off the new academic year. Our…

Evita Egert and Anushka SabhanamSeptember 4, 2023