Issue 02/2024
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That's cringe! – Wait a minute. What is cringe?
The word “cringe” is on everyone's lips. What does it mean? How can it be described? An attempt to explain the phenomenon using established psychological constructs. more
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Issue 06/2023
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Learning styles: Why they don't exist but still persist
It is a common myth that for optimal learning, individual learning styles should be identified and specifically supported. This might include identifying someone as a visual learner and designing the learning environment based on this. Yet, scientific findings clearly show... more
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Issue 12/2021
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Are Victim or Eyewitness Statements Credible? Several Ways to Check Them
In 2014, two teachers and six janitors were accused of child sexual abuse at Indonesia's Jakarta International School (JIS). Three preschool children reported that they had been repeatedly sexually abused by them. The statements of the alleged victims became one... more
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Issue 05/2021
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How Much Does the Menstrual Cycle Affect Emotional Life?
by: Maria GröndalAround 1.6 billion women of fertile age currently have an ongoing menstrual cycle, and a larger group of women will experience or have already experienced this. Everyone probably knows a fertile woman in some way. Despite this, general knowledge about... more
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Issue 02/2021
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Nuances of Sexual Consent: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
by: Malachi WillisPeople keep talking about sexual consent, but what is it? Let’s dive into some recent research and discover that there is more to sexual consent than you might think. Sexual consent is nuanced. Internal consent feelings and external consent communication... more
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Issue 11/2020
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How The Good Place illustrates an unorthodox theory in moral psychology
by: Alan JernOn The Good Place, people are judged on the morality of virtually everything they do. This might seem unfair, but what really counts as moral and non-moral? Evidence from psychology suggests that there may be no clear distinction between moral... more
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