Science is, at its most fundamental, an attempt at accurately describing how the world is. Planets move in elliptical orbits, for example. But some of the most fascinating scientific discoveries come from going one step further; from attempts at accurately describing why the world is how it is. Newton’s law of gravitation, for example, explains why planets prefer the funkier circle. Psychological science is no different. Accurately describing the world between our ears is already a substantial challenge–but it gets really interesting (and useful for interventions) when we start questioning why it is that way. Several reviews have established that mindfulness leads to reduced burnout symptomology (Li et al., 2019;…

How research has changed through the pandemic Let’s talk about the movement towards connected and open science that has happened and is still happening right now due to the pandemic that the corona virus brought upon us. You may have noticed as well that research has started to stretch its boundaries remarkably in the presence of the virus. Facing death, the fear of losing people close to your heart and the threat of our very own existential foundations has turned not only our personal but the economic and scientific world upside down. Open Science in times of Corona It is evident that the more data researchers can access, the more…

Your semester has ended and you are already bored by how much time the holidays freed up? Do you want to dive deeper into issues around psychological science, but did not know where to start? For the next weeks, we are going to be sharing our editors’ recommendations for your summer readings & listenings on different psychological topics. These will include all sorts of media, from newspaper articles or podcasts to journal articles we thought you should definitely read. We will be continously updating this list over the summer and have decided to group our suggestions broadly by topic. These topics are (in order of publishing): -Open Science -Philosophy of…