In-Mind Blog
- 22.05.2015 | Gender
Gender equity in science: Achievement unlocked?
Is it time to throw out our gender-equity-in-STEM training materials? Williams and Ceci (2015) reported that STEM faculty members have a preference for hiring women (not men), reigniting debates... more - 27.02.2015 | Gender
Girls will be girls, boys will be bossy
by: Cathleen ClerkinThe word bossy has been heavily discussed recently, thanks, at least in part, to the Ban Bossy campaign. To date, this debate has centered on why women get called bossy... more - 23.02.2015 | Culture
Einstein beats Mother Theresa as the hero of the world
Heroes and villains don’t only exist in comic books. The real world is full of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ guys (and girls). Being an exceptional scientist or humanitarian will most likely... more - 12.02.2015 | Happiness & Well-being
Time to unwind: When autonomy and motivation add weight to recovery
by: Alina FeinholdtExtended working hours and off-job duties leave increasingly less time for a person to recover. Thus, the more important it becomes for a person to seek activities that really help... more - 17.01.2015 | Current Events, Violence & Aggression
Empowering cartoonists, deterring killers, protecting bystanders: Can psychology contribute?
by: Winnifred LouisWe respond on many levels, like our readers, to the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo staff in France. The human tragedy makes us sad and angry. The moral atrocity screams for outraged... more - 16.12.2014 | Solid Science
Solid science: How graduate students foster research transparency
by: Nicole JanzReproducibility is seen as the gold standard for solid science. However, three are few incentive to work transparently, and even less incentives to conduct replication studies. To change this, more... more