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Childhood maltreatment:
Does the story of abuse end in childhood?

Childhood maltreatment can have long-term consequences on psychological functions. People with a history of childhood maltreatment are more likely to be victimized in adulthood. In this blog post, I will explain why it is important to understand what risk factors link childhood maltreatment and adult re-victimization.

How to become a “total genius”

What's the difference between a Buzzfeed quizlet and a proper intelligence test? Doctoral candidate Lieke Voncken explains.

My research inspiration: Why can we learn from patients?

Does a clinical science traineeship add value to a research master on clinical neuropsychology? Yes! We can learn a lot from patients about the daily life consequences of brain disorders.

Marvelous Mind

It’s almost here: the day that is supposed to be the most depressive one of the year. Blue Monday is […]

Coordination in development: Caregiver-child synchrony

“Ah… da da da da da da … oh doe doe doe doe… eeh aah oeh” … Which adult hasn’t […]

Sweden’s sleeping children: the Resignation Syndrome

A mysterious illness, called "Resignation Syndrome," is affecting children of refugee families in Sweden. Due to its psychological and political uniqueness, Resignation Syndrome has caused some proper attention during the last years.

Sebastiaan Mathöt

Assistant Professor / Experimental Psychology

“This is why I feel that this is an exciting time to do cognitive science. Real progress is being made.”

Angela Ruepert

PhD Student / Environmental Psychology

“It appears that in the right context, people with relative weak environmental values will act as pro-environmentally as those with relative strong environmental values.”

Yannick Hill

PhD Student / Developmental and Educational Psychology

“Therefore, I would like to encourage researchers to look for the 007s of science and expand their horizon of inspiration, in order to advance the field of Psychology, or any other domain of science.”

Carla Geveke

PhD Student / DEvelopmental and Educational Psychology

"Out-of-school science activities are exciting, but should also evoke pupils’ conceptual understanding"

Laura Steenhuis

PhD Student / Clinical Psychology

“In the general population, auditory vocal hallucinations are reported quite often by adults, adolescents, and children.”

Martijn van Zomeren

Associate Professor / Social Psychology

“We seek the comfort, or prison, of embeddedness.”

Reint Geuze

Associate Professor / Neuropsychology

"As a boy I dreamt to become an explorer; now it turns out I have been one my whole life. Wonderful and… unexpected.”

Airi Yamada

Bachelor Student

"There is a marked difference between how the left and right hemispheres process information during visual perception."

Margaret Stroebe

Professor / Clinical Psychology

"homesickness is something students can relate to"

Maarten Derksen

Associate Professor / History and Theory of Psychology

"Management is the Cinderella of science: busily scrubbing the floors and keeping the house in order, while the ugly sisters squabble over who gets to be first author."

Marije aan het Rot

Associate Professor / Clinical Psychology

"Why do we allow ourselves to be videotaped 24/7 as if we are all criminals-in-waiting? [...] the third series, by Travis Hodges made me reflect on one of my research interests."

Andrea Soto-Padilla

PhD Student / Experimental Psychology

"Non-scientists think it is awesome because they are fascinated by the fact that flies have a brain and that flies can be used for something."

Tassos Sarampalis

Lecturer / Experimental Psychology

"Understanding speech is hard work and if it seems so easy and automatic most of the time, it’s because there are so many processes that carry this load."

Ralf Cox

Assistant Professor / Developmental Psychology

"Coordination occurs naturally and spontaneously, like synchronized clapping and mimicry, or functionally and intentionally, like joint action."

Koen Hogenelst

PhD Student / Clinical Psychology

"Social behaviour does not change easily as a result of decreasing serotonin."

Student Articles

Journeys Through Academia and America

Florian Sense

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Johanna and Mindwise present to you the first ever Adventures podcast - a series of short interviews with psychology students about their experiences studying abroad.

Adventures!

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The Replicability Crisis

Maarten Derksen

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A Broader Definition of Beauty

Simon Dalley

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In Time

Hedderik van Rijn

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Psychology and the Environment

Linda Steg

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A History of Meaning

Jeremy Burman

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Pupillary (Open Science)

Sebastiaan Mathöt

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Behind the scenes of the examinations committee

Marieke Timmermann

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Neuroscientist on the fringe

Jacob Jolij

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"In a society where so much is expected from us, isn't it "normal" to have symptoms like ADHD?"

Anselm Fürmaier

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Is Science in transition?

Sicco de Knecht

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We talk with Marieke about her research on memory and how meditation practice affects our cognitive system, and the consequences this has for our behaviour.

Marieke van Vugt

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The Psychology department's University Council members talk about University politics

Casper Albers and Boris Kyuchoukov

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We speak to Miriam Lommen about her work on PTSD

Miriam Lommen

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We sit down with Judith Daniels to talk to her about her work on dissociation

Judith Daniels

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Groningen's new stats Prof has it all: insights into Bayesian statistics, cool cognitive response time models and a professional career as a Magic The Gathering player.

Don van Ravenzwaaij

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Nina Hansen chatted with us about her current research project in Sri Lanka, her passion for applied research, the importance of taking initiative (Bachelor students listen up!!) and much more.

Nina Hansen

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Pontus shares insightful experiences and we ponder over what mindset is most helpful to navigate academia.

Pontus Leander

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Trudy's vision for a new academia.

Trudy Dehue

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Sebastiaan Mathöt

Angela Ruepert

Yannick Hill

Carla Geveke

Laura Steenhuis

Martijn van Zomeren

Reint Geuze

Airi Yamada

Margaret Stroebe

Maarten Derksen

Marije aan het Rot

Andrea Soto-Padilla

Tassos Sarampalis

Ralf Cox

Koen Hogenelst

Student Articles

Florian Sense

Adventures!

Maarten Derksen

Simon Dalley

Hedderik van Rijn

Linda Steg

Jeremy Burman

Sebastiaan Mathöt

Marieke Timmermann

Jacob Jolij

Anselm Fürmaier

Sicco de Knecht

Marieke van Vugt

Casper Albers and Boris Kyuchoukov

Miriam Lommen

Judith Daniels

Don van Ravenzwaaij

Nina Hansen

Pontus Leander

Trudy Dehue

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