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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 - Special issue on artificial intelligence

Benefits and risks of asking AI for health advice
- written by
- Jaroslava Kaňková
Can ChatGPT become your new health advisor – or even your therapist? Generative AI tools are changing how we access health information, offering speed and convenience like never before. But alongside the benefits come real risks. This article explores the promise and pitfalls of AI in non-clinical health settings.
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Magazine Issue

08/2026 - Special issue on artificial intelligence

Doctor, meet AI: How AI systems influence human decision-making in healthcare
- written by
- Julia Cecil,
- Selina Angerer,
- Eesha Kokje,
- Susanne Gaube,
- Anne-Kathrin Kleine,
- Eva Lermer
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare, from enhancing radiology diagnoses to supporting mental health treatment. But while it promises efficiency and accuracy, its integration raises questions of trust, bias, and decision-making dynamics. Will AI become an indispensable medical partner, or will barriers hinder its adoption? This article explores AI’s expanding role, its impact on healthcare professionals, and the road ahead.
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Magazine Issue

08/2026 - Special issue on artificial intelligence

Editorial for the special issue "Artificial intelligence, real consequences: Exploring the psychological dimensions of AI"
- written by
- Magdalena Wischnewski,
- Stella Wernicke
Not long ago, artificial intelligence was mostly found in science fiction and computer science departments. Today, it drafts our emails, recommends our next purchase, tutors our children, and occasionally tells us it understands how we feel. This shift has happened so quickly that our psychological vocabulary is still catching up. What does it mean to trust a system that has no body, no history, and no stake in the outcome but communicates like us? Why do we sometimes treat a chatbot with the same politeness we'd extend to a colleague, and other times discard it the moment it makes a...
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In-Mind Blog

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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 - Special issue on artificial intelligence

Benefits and risks of asking AI for health advice

written by: Jaroslava Kaňková

Magazine Issue 12/2019 - Gender Special Issue

Just a compliment? Why positive gender stereotypes can be more harmful than they seem

written by: Lea Hartwich, Julia C. Becker

Most people would probably agree that “women can’t drive” is a sexist statement. But what about saying that “women are nurturing”? Isn’t that just a nice compliment? At first glance... more
Magazine Issue 12/2019 - Gender Special Issue

What career should I choose? How self-stereotyping can influence career decisions

written by: Tanja Hentschel, Lisa Horvath

Stereotypical self-characterizations of women and men can result in different career decisions – contributing to the continuing gender imbalance in leadership and many career fields. We explain how stereotypical self-characterizations... more
Magazine Issue 12/2019 - Gender Special Issue

To which gender’s disadvantage are school grades biased – girls or boys?

written by: Carolin Schuster

School grades do not only provide students with feedback on their current performance, they also determine the chances of admission to universities and the success of job applications. The question... more
Magazine Issue 10/2019

Fair enough? The inequality paradox, inequality awareness, and system justification

written by: Carmen Cervone, Andrea Scatolon

Picture society. Some people are rich, some are poor and that’s just the way it is. After all, rich people have worked hard to get where they are, and anyone... more
Magazine Issue 10/2019

Going the extra mile at work: Helpful or harmful?

written by: Marc Cubrich

Is it helpful or harmful to go the extra mile at work? While generally regarded favorably, organizational researchers are increasingly considering the potential dark side of discretionary work behaviors that... more
Magazine Issue 04/2019

Can vacations live up to their reputation?

written by: Ina-Maria Döring

Especially in the time before summer, people look forward to the beginning of their summer vacations. On the one hand, holidays are an integral part of life of our society... more

In-Mind Blog

28.05.2014 | Political Psychology

Political ideology is more than just “liberal” and “conservative”

written by: Jarret Crawford

In this blog post, I describe new evidence that thinking about political ideology on a single liberal/left to conservative/right spectrum masks important nuances in the origins of political ideologies and in the way that people apply those ideologies to important judgments, including those of other people (i.e., prejudice). more
13.05.2014 | Social Influence & Negotiations

Would One Direction be as popular if we got to re-run the world?

written by: Ase Innes-Ker

In this post I ask why do songs, movies and books become popular? If you love something, it is easy to think it must be its obvious qualities, but if you work in promotion, you know that these qualities are not easy to spot. Usually, we look to our peers to discover new things – what Psychologists call social proof. The work I present shows how important social proof is in determining what becomes popular, but also that appeal, to some degree, matters. more
05.05.2014 | Culture

Can music create intercultural understanding? According to Madonna (and psychological research), it can!

written by: Marieke van Egmond

In my last blog, I argued that Madonna’s lyric of ‘music makes the people come together’ has a scientific basis. There are scientific studies that support the claim that music indeed increases cooperation and, thus, brings people together. But, as you might remember, the second line in the chorus of Madonna’s song is: ‘Music mix the bourgeoisie and the rebel’. In this blog, I will discuss whether she is citing the literature correctly or not. more
02.05.2014 | Solid Science

Pre-registration watch part 1: Detecting deception

written by: Anna van 't Veer

In this blog post, I will report on the experiences of social psychologists, such as myself, with committing ourselves to detailed descriptions of the hypotheses and other specifics of experiments before we run them. In part 1, I briefly cover some basics about this so-called pre-registration and then I will discuss my own experience with a pre-registration in the online journal Frontiers about unconscious deception detection (van ’t Veer et al., 2014). more
28.04.2014 | Meaning Making

Free will without metaphysics

written by: Andrew Monroe

Despite the resurgence of interest in free will, there remains confusion and disagreement regarding free will’s role in social life, in particular, how people understand free will and whether free will guides blame and praise for others. In this blog post I argue that we need to pay closer attention to the folk concept of free will in order to resolve the confusion surrounding free will in everyday life. more
25.04.2014 | Happiness & Well-being

Where are the genes for psychological traits?

written by: Marcus Munafò

In this blog post, I will discuss the methodologies available for identifying genetic influences on psychological traits, why it has proved so difficult to reliably identify specific genes, despite 20 years of effort, and what this tells us about the nature of these genetic influences. more

Editors' Choice

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 - Special issue on artificial intelligence

Benefits and risks of asking AI for health advice

written by: Jaroslava Kaňková

Magazine Issue 09/2025

Viral and harmful: Violence in media and its impact on empathy

written by: Mira Fauth-Bühler
Magazine Issue 03/2026

Children in front of a screen: what is the impact of technology on their development?

written by: Marica Notte, Daniela Renzi
Magazine Issue 09/2025

Digital moral distortion: How social media can negatively shape our judgement of right and wrong

written by: Tim-Dorian Knöchel, Sarah Vahed

Psychology for You!

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

Benefits and risks of asking AI for health advice

Doctor, meet AI: How AI systems influence human decision-making in healthcare

Editorial for the special issue "Artificial intelligence, real consequences: Exploring the psychological dimensions of AI"

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

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

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

Benefits and risks of asking AI for health advice

Just a compliment? Why positive gender stereotypes can be more harmful than they seem

What career should I choose? How self-stereotyping can influence career decisions

To which gender’s disadvantage are school grades biased – girls or boys?

Fair enough? The inequality paradox, inequality awareness, and system justification

Going the extra mile at work: Helpful or harmful?

Can vacations live up to their reputation?

In-Mind Blog

Political ideology is more than just “liberal” and “conservative”

Would One Direction be as popular if we got to re-run the world?

Can music create intercultural understanding? According to Madonna (and psychological research), it can!

Pre-registration watch part 1: Detecting deception

Free will without metaphysics

Where are the genes for psychological traits?

Editors' Choice

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

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

Benefits and risks of asking AI for health advice

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