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Stephan Schleim

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022  by Stephan Schleim

Psychedelics: Trip or Treatment?

Scholars in Groningen debated the present and future of psychedelic drugs. Will they revolutionize medicine?

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July 13, 2022July 13, 2022  by Stephan Schleim

Psychedelics: New Chance or New Hype for Psychology?

After their demonization and prohibition decades ago, psychedelic drugs are now again investigated by scientists. Stephan Schleim shares impressions from a recent visit to the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, one of the pioneering places for this research. Do psychedelics have therapeutic potential?

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March 2, 2022  by Stephan Schleim

How smart is braindoping? And how many students are doing it?

Media report that many students take drugs to improve their academic performance. Now the Dutch government even plans to discourage this. Is it more than a hype? And should educational institutions react?

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October 4, 2017October 10, 2017  by Stephan Schleim

Why are we doing what we are doing?

Is it for the money that we are doing what we are doing? That doesn’t fit at all with a community defined by its intrinsic motivation, and certainly not when the object of that motivation is knowledge.

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August 26, 2015August 26, 2015  by Stephan Schleim

Into the Performance Society: Stimulant Drugs on Campus

Academics and the media raise the issue whether students are using stimulant drugs to perform better. Is an increasing emphasis on top performance the reason for this debate?

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December 24, 2014January 23, 2015  by Stephan Schleim

Has madness become normal? (Part 2)

Why be afraid of fear? What are mental disorders? And how can patients be empowered to become their own doctors? Such questions were discussed in the Studium Generale series on “Everyday Madness”.

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December 2, 2014  by Stephan Schleim

Has madness become normal? (Part 1)

Mental health problems have become a topic of public debate. Last month, a Studium Generale lecture series addressed the situation in the Netherlands and beyond.

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October 15, 2014  by Stephan Schleim

On the Psychology of Stupid Questions

Imagine you are having lunch with legal experts. You don’t understand a word of what they are talking about. Are you afraid to make a fool of yourself? Or do you dare to ask a stupid question and see what happens? Be surprised!

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September 15, 2014  by Stephan Schleim

Social Sciences: Past, Present, and Future

With the opening of the academic year 2014-2015, the Faculty of the Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The presentations were a tour de force through the past, present, and future of our academic life.

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July 30, 2014  by Stephan Schleim

Psychology or Neuroscience? The case of forensics

Scholars try to understand and predict crimes to make society safer. Some expect that investigations of the nervous system will provide us with new solutions. Although this seems promising, it may distract us from other important sources of knowledge.

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