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Your rights or Our rights?
What can movements do to increase their number of supporters? Not all who belong to the same group share the same values (e.g., not all women share feminist beliefs). To appeal to a broader audience movements could align their values with the greater societal goals.
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Treatment of complicated grief:Moving a research field forward
If you live long enough, you are bound to experience the death of a loved one. For many, this is the most stressful life-event ever encountered. While most people gradually adjust to their loss, a minority develop severe, enduring, and disabling grief symptoms. How should such ‘complicated grief’ be treated?
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With dementia, when is it time to stop driving?
While some patients with dementia can still drive safely, others cannot. How can we investigate whether my grandfather is still driving safely?
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Science About Science: An interview with Marcus Munafò
Marcus Munafò is Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol. His main research is on the neurobiological and […]
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Healthy feedback: An interview with Stéfanie Enriquez-Geppert
Every quarter, we share articles published in the BCN Newsletter and we are happy today to share an interview with Dr. Stéfanie Enriquez-Geppert, who recently started working at the Psychology Department as Assistant Professor in Neuropsychology. The interview was conducted and written by Anna Leonte, a BCN MSc student.
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Activism: A very personal project of change
How does an ordinary citizen become an activist? What is it that powers their transformation from a passive citizen into an active one? These questions sat at the heart of my PhD research, which explored the changes in identity that people go through as they become activists. Findings indicated that activism may change individuals in a fundamental way, similarly as religion.
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Martijn van Zomeren
Associate Professor / Social Psychology
Reint Geuze
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Margaret Stroebe
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Koen Hogenelst
PhD Student / Clinical Psychology"Social behaviour does not change easily as a result of decreasing serotonin."
Student Articles
A true learning experience. Acting outside the classroom!
Last summer, students, refugees, academics, and practitioners from different nations and disciplines came together to explore the complexity of migration, the problems around it, and alternatives to current practices in policy and society at the RUG. The summer school ‘Migration Matters’ resulted in three concrete student initiatives to improve the lives of refugees.
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Hate-groups, Trump, and a lot of angry people
Make America great again, or make America hate again? Trump’s campaign has raised many troubling questions. He has at various […]
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I F***ing Love YOUNG Science Conference
A few weeks ago, Marco Egle and Timothy Sondej, graduates of the Psychology Bachelor and Research Master students in Groningen, […]
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Don’t pretend it is not WEIRD
Psychologists tend to make statements about human nature or how “people in general” behave. However, 80% of psychological studies are conducted with W.E.I.R.D (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) samples. People falling in this category are just a fraction of the world’s population and are therefore not representable of the world’s population.
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