Second-year Psychology students participating in the University Honours College follow a workshop on Blogging Science, in which they learn to communicate science to the general public, by means of informing, giving an opinion, and relating issues in science to issues in society. This year a selection of these written blog posts is published on Mindwise. Today’s post […]
This Blog post describes the current situation concerning a lack of psychological education in high school. The necessity and benefit of psychological education in high school is highlighted using the example of addiction.
Memory is a puzzling concept that has intrigued scientists as well as lay people for decades. Patients with total amnesia give us a sense of how essential memory is: our lives depend on it. In this blog post, the challenge of describing memory is examined from a new perspective.
Second-year Psychology students participating in the University Honours College follow a workshop on Blogging Science, in which they learn to communicate science to the general public, by means of informing, giving an opinion, and relating issues in science to issues in society. This year a selection of these written blog posts is published on Mindwise. Today’s post […]
The blogpost investigates the issue of internalized homophobia in the gay community by discussing the almost obsessive importance that gay men put on being masculine and having masculine partners. The post combines research findings and personal anecdotes to prompt a conversation about the rigid ideas of masculinity.
Millions of people in developing countries do not have access to psychological care. Western intervention is not the solution, due to lack of psychologists. The friendship bench project has found an alternative: Grandmothers.
The article explores the well-known but underreported phenomenon of hanger, how external and internal stimuli can influence behaviour and finally the implications of the findings on free will.
In this post, honours student Eleni Giannakoudi discusses the usefulness of Mindfulness apps to help you focus during your studies.
In this post, honours student Tessa Kiffers discusses the increasing prevalence of burnout among students and its possible explanations. She scrutinizes the effect of the competitive, success-focused culture in which we are living on our well-being and feelings of stress.
“Which specialization should I take within the broad discipline called Psychology?” Numerous Psychology Bachelor students struggle with this issue and are doubtful about which Master’s degree they should pursue. Student Carl-Peter Van Erpecum discusses the option of joining a research master program at the UMCG, called Clinical and Psychosocial Epidemiology (CPE).