In this text, Valeria Cernei discusses the main effects of mindfulness meditation and the mechanisms through which they occur. She attempts to illustrate the potential of this practice to become a practical and cost-efficient “modern cure”.
We waste human potential if we not adapt our school systems to the best of our knowledge. In this post Sebastian Prehn will illustrate the lost potential, introduce examples of an endless pool of innovations and suggest a structure of how to implement them.
As part of the course Intergroup Relations, third-year psychology students write a popular science article about stereotypes and prejudices. Mindwise publishes a modified version of two of these articles. Today’s article is written by Lena Paulsen, Louise Teschemacher, and Felix Grundmann.
As part of the course Intergroup Relations, third-year psychology students write a popular science article about stereotypes and prejudices. Mindwise publishes a modified version of two of these articles. Today’s article is written by Jana Schöppe, Eva Rüger, Jana Hammelehle, Atal Amini and Luise Pieper.
Drawing on his experiences of working with refugees during the 2015 refugee crisis Joel Fischer argues that a practical intervention based on the resilience approach is essential for creating a sustainable society. This approach takes factors such as the individual level and the family level into account and allows for respective interventions.
There is a problem with the treatment of first responders that badly needs our attention: how do we make sure that first responders receive help and, more generally, how can the burdensome stigma of mental healthcare be suppressed?
Lea Benarey is a German second year psychology student at the RUG. Her main interests lie in the fields of developmental psychology and neuropsychology. She is fascinated about the way people with mental and physical problems experience everyday life. Currently, her main passion lies in the domain of deaf communication.
Education for gifted students is sorely lacking around the world. As a former gifted kid, I learned first-hand, the value that having an appropriate education can bring. This post takes a look at what it’s like to be gifted in a non-gifted classroom and outlines the importance of differentiated education for gifted students.
This blog post givey insight into the theory of Embodied Language. While many cognitive scientists see the brain as having causal priority when it comes the formation of cognition and behavior, it seems that our body influences a variety of cognitive task such as reasoning and language.
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.