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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 11/2020

How "The Good Place" illustrates an unorthodox theory in moral psychology

written by: Alan Jern

On 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... more
Magazine Issue 11/2020

How The Good Place illustrates an unorthodox theory in moral psychology

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On 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... more
Magazine Issue 01/2020

Are you Instagram-official? - Love, social media, and their impact on each other

written by: Lili Fejes-Vékássy, Adrienn Ujhelyi

Have you ever thought about the criteria used for being recognized as an official couple on social media? Maybe you felt annoyed when your partner’s new profile picture had been... more
Magazine Issue 01/2020

Can we believe in our own lies?

written by: Fabiana Battista, Ivan Mangiulli, Antonietta Curci, Paul Riesthuis, Henry Otgaar

Can we believe in our own lies? Such a question eventually boils down to the issue of whether lying affects memory. This is particularly relevant in the legal arena, where... more
Magazine Issue 12/2019 - Gender Special Issue

Sex differences in the perception of sexual arousal

written by: Andreas Baranowski, Rudolf Stark

“Men are from mars, women are from Venus” [1] this saying often appears as common knowledge. Particularly the sexuality of men and women is often considered to be fundamentally different... more
Magazine Issue 12/2019 - Gender Special Issue

What are the positive and negative side effects of gender quotas?

written by: Angela Dorrough, Christa Nater, Monika Leszczyńska

To decrease inequality between men and women in the workplace, multiple European countries have introduced legislated quota regulations in favor of women. Since 2016, a gender quota has been entrenched... more

In-Mind Blog

16.09.2014 | Meaning Making

When having meaning in life helps – and why

written by: Matthew A. Sanders

This blog examines the search for meaning in life and gives an explanation for why people seek meaning. Briefly, modern life (relative to our hunter-gatherer past) places people in an uncertain position, and meaning in life can give us a sense that difficulties in life will pay-off. more
30.08.2014 | Culture

Look at me! (Or don’t): Of society and showing off on Facebook

written by: Robert Thomson

Shameless self-promotion on Facebook. Love it or hate it, there’s always someone doing it. And many of us are guilty of it. But why do we do it? Comparing Facebook users in the US and Japan, I suggest it’s the power of the social context that may determine who struts their stuff, and why. more
28.08.2014 | Solid Science

Can you replicate that?

written by: Aaron Moss

The two previous “Solid Science” posts for this blog have covered important changes taking place in experimental psychology. If you have not read them, I recommend you do (post1, post2). In this post I report on another, larger change occurring in the field: the replication movement. more
18.08.2014 | Meaning Making

Blame. What is it good for?

written by: Andrew Monroe

Humans blame, and perhaps only humans do, but what is blame for? Is blame about meting out retribution and revenge? Or is blame a tool for managing others’ behavior? I argue that while the former answer is dominant in social psychology, it predicts a dysfunctional system of blame that explains only a small portion of why people blame. Instead, I suggest that blame is better understood as a tool for changing the way people behave. more
28.07.2014 | Violence & Aggression

Foul-weather friends: Social psychology and school aggression

written by: Sian Jones

In my last post, I discussed a striking observational study why peer only help infrequently, but I focused my discussion on the point of view of those who are bullying. In this post, I'll look at the perspective of the bullied victims. When it comes to the social psychology of aggression in schools, it seems that groups can both be a part of the problem and the solution, and I will discuss ways on how to attain this. more
14.07.2014 | Culture

Smile! And I tell you where you’re from

written by: Marieke van Egmond

Although a popular belief (and a heartwarming children’s song) hold that we all laugh in the same language, recent research has found that people are remarkably adapt at detecting local accents in the way that emotions are expressed. In this blog, I will review research that suggests that the long-assumed universality of emotions is limited. more