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09/2026

Teamwork today and tomorrow: The skills that matter and how to build them
- written by
- Lara Watermann,
- Natalie Hogh,
- Joshua Braun,
- Simone Kubowitsch
Teams today collaborate across screens, time zones, and digital tools, but better technology does not always mean better teamwork. Hybrid meetings, information overload, and workflows supported by artificial intelligence (AI) create new challenges. Drawing on expert insights and psychological research, this article explores which team skills matter most and how teams can build them.
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Magazine Issue

08/2026 - SpeciaI issue on artificial intelligence

Blaming the biased bot? Gender bias in AI-generated content
- written by
- Alexandra Wölfle
With the growing popularity and increasing capabilities of generative AI, more and more attention is also drawn to AI model biases, in particular, gender biases. But what exactly does bias mean in this context, how should it be addressed, and what role do humans play in all this?
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08/2026 - SpeciaI issue on artificial intelligence

Does ChatGPT think like humans?
- written by
- Jannis Friedrich
AIs like ChatGPT are trained only on texts and do not actually experience the world. It’s been argued that for this reason, AI’s cannot really ‘understand’. This is called the symbol grounding problem: symbols have to be connected to perception and action. To address the question whether AIs can think like humans, this article looks at research on cognition and language.
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08/2026 - SpeciaI issue on artificial intelligence

How humans form beliefs about conversational AI
- written by
- Tobias R. Rebholz
Why do we treat Alexa or ChatGPT like a helpful coworker – or even a friend? This article explores how talking to conversational AI shapes the beliefs we form about machines.
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In-Mind Blog

Join the In-Mind team: Help us make psychology accessible to everyone!

written by: Rinat Meerson, Stella Wernicke, Jana Dreston
Magazine Issue 09/2026

Teamwork today and tomorrow: The skills that matter and how to build them

written by: Lara Watermann, Natalie Hogh, Joshua Braun, Simone Kubowitsch
In-Mind Blog

After "Adolescence": What we know (and don’t know) about gender attitudes and online misogyny

written by: Kate Schramm, Silvana Weber
Magazine Issue 08/2026 - SpeciaI issue on artificial intelligence

Benefits and risks of asking AI for health advice

written by: Jaroslava Kaňková

Magazine Issue 10/2024

"We are on the same wavelength!" The creation of a shared reality and its relationship with uncertainty reduction and connection with others

written by: Matteo Masi, Yael Bar-Shachar

People seek connection by finding that they share the same understanding of things in the world. This creates a shared reality that builds connection and confidence, reinforcing shared reality itself... more
Magazine Issue 10/2024

Trauma(tic) media - What does it even look like?

written by: Kristen Leer

Understanding how trauma appears in media and impacts vulnerable communities is important for researchers from various fields to investigate. However, to begin to understand this specific type of media, we must ask... more
Magazine Issue 09/2024

The psychology of digital disconnection: Why we want to use digital media less and if we should even try to

written by: Julius Klingelhoefer, Alicia Gilbert

Digital detox, digital minimalism, and smartphone free schools reveal a desire to reduce or change how we use technologies. However, disconnecting from digital communication like smartphones and social media is... more
Magazine Issue 09/2024

How body language helps us understand other people’s emotions

written by: Britta Krüger, Julia Bachmann, Jörn Munzert

Social interaction is a complex phenomenon. When we want to know what our fellow human beings are feeling, we have various sources of information at our disposal. One major source... more
Magazine Issue 08/2024

Bug or feature? Boredom feels aversive, and this is why it matters

written by: Wanja Wolff, Katja Rewitz, Dr. Maik Bieleke

In class, during exercise, at work: boredom is an everyday experience that is generally regarded as an annoying and rather useless nuisance. In keeping with this attested uselessness, boredom had... more
Magazine Issue 06/2024 - Special issue on sport psychology

“Keeping the Olympic flame burning”: Protecting athletes from vurnout in sport

written by: Sandrine Isoard-Gautheur, Henrik Gustafsson, Daniel Madigan

Athlete burnout is a growing concern in sport, particularly among elite athletes who compete at the highest level, such as the Olympic Games. It is characterized by the symptoms of... more

In-Mind Blog

02.01.2018 | Announcements and News

Call for Blogs and Bloggers

written by: Amanda Sesko, Mitch Brown

Call for Blogs: In-Mind Magazine We invite you to submit a blog entry (1,000 words or less) for In-Mind Magazine, the flagship online journal of the In-Mind Foundation. In-Mind Magazine... more
28.12.2017 | Announcements and News

Call for Papers

written by: Matthew Baldwin, Lucas Keefer

Call for Papers: In-Mind Magazine We invite you to submit short review articles for In-Mind Magazine, the flagship online journal of the In-Mind Foundation. In-Mind Magazine is a peer-reviewed online... more
28.12.2017 | Announcements and News

Call for Book Reviews and Reviewers

written by: Lucas Keefer

Call for Book Reviews: In-Mind Magazine In-Mind Magazine is currently seeking reviewers interested in contributing short (< 2,500 words) book reviews. This may include retrospective discussions of classic works in... more
18.02.2017 | Other

Adverse Childhood Experiences and its lifelong consequences

written by: Marly van Oirschot

Unfortunately, some children grow up with maltreatment and household dysfunction. In this post, I will explain how these adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) not only have a negative influence during childhood, but later on in life as well, and I will give some advice about how to prevent these long-lasting negative outcomes. more
15.02.2017 |

Video: Social Dilemmas

written by: Diana Onu

A social dilemma is a situation where our short-term individual interest clashes with the collective long-term interest. Social dilemmas are everywhere! Recycling, responsible energy use, regulating fishing in international waters, reaching global agreement on carbon emissions, endemic corruption in society - these are just some examples of social dilemmas. In this video, Nils Köbis and Paul van Lange discuss some lessons from social dilemmas research on how to achieve and sustain cooperation. more
02.06.2016 |

Video: Stereotypes

written by: Susan Fiske, Diana Onu

Susan Fiske discusses research on stereotypes. She presents an outline of its origins in European immigration and interracial relations in the US, the automatic nature of stereotopes and implicit prejudice, and the main basic dimensions of group stereotypes (competence and warmth). She discusses the social consequences of stereotyping and ways to mitigate their effects. more