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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 09/2018

Social Machines: Social Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction

written by: Flora Almosdi, Adrienn Ujhelyi

Have you ever experienced the frustration of your computer not behaving as it should? Maybe it started to reboot during your most important meeting, or it simply froze and despite... more
Magazine Issue 05/2018

White lies and black lies: What they have in common and how they differ

written by: Janina Steinmetz, Ann-Christin Posten

Black lies, or telling a lie to gain a personal benefit, are universally condemned. In contrast, white lies, or telling a lie to please another person, are seen as an... more
Magazine Issue 05/2018

Origins of Common Fears: A Review

written by: Arash Emamzadeh

Whether you cower while looking down from great heights or fear looking up to the stormy skies, whether you fear the bite of a fat venomous snake or fear the... more
Magazine Issue 05/2018

Remembering what never occurred? Children’s false memories for repeated experiences

written by: Bruna Calado, Henry Otgaar, Timothy J. Luke, Sara Landström

“Memory, my dear Cecily, is the diary that we all carry about with us.” “Yes, but it usually chronicles the things that have never happened, and couldn't possibly have happened.” ... more
Magazine Issue 04/2018

Improving the Disclosure of Information in an Investigative Interview: Rapport building and the Physical Environment

written by: Katherine Hoogesteyn, Ewout Meijer, Aldert Vrij, Harald Merckelbach

When you think about an interrogation room, what do you picture? A small, dull, and anxiety-provoking room? You may be right; some interrogation rooms look like this. However, does the... more
Magazine Issue 04/2018

Bad day? How it can seem even worse for some

written by: Michelle Lemay, Brittney Holcomb

Many people do not realize how often our emotions affect us. Our emotions dictate what things we focus on or attend to, how we interpret things, and what things we... more

In-Mind Blog

24.03.2014 | Culture

Why Madonna was right: Music really does make the people come together

written by: Marieke van Egmond

In August 2000, global superstar Madonna released the single “Music” from her soon to be hit album. Other than the brilliant lyrics “Do you like to Boogie woogie”, you might remember that one of the lines in the chorus was “Music makes the people come together.” In this post, I will discuss the social psychological research, which suggests that she was more right then even she must have thought. more
21.03.2014 | Interdisciplinary Inquiries, Current Events, Political Psychology

Is banning bossy enough to enact real social change? Celebrity activism and the “Ban Bossy” campaign

written by: Jessica Tomory

Recently celebrity activists such as Beyoncé, Jennifer Garner, and Sheryl Sandberg have thrown their weight behind a campaign to ban the term “bossy” to describe women (banbossy.com, #banbossy). The goal of the campaign is to encourage young women to step into leadership roles and to assert themselves in the classroom and in life. In this blog I highlight the social value of celebrity activism and I highlight important caveats of celebrity activism based on science. In the end I assert that the “Ban Bossy” campaign is a great start to building awareness for the larger issue at hand. more
14.03.2014 | Happiness & Well-being

Variety and motivation: The crux to lasting happiness

written by: Alina Feinholdt

Most people seek lasting happiness but only a few are aware of the fact that false expectations and a tedious lifestyle can speed up the disappearance of happiness. In this blog post, I explain how exciting activities and motivation may curb the dwindling of happiness. more
10.03.2014 | Political Psychology

Being rational and emotional are not (necessarily) contradictions

written by: Mark Brandt

In the first part of this three part series, my colleague Ellie Shockley described how rational thinking may drive political attitudes and voting behavior. In the second part of the series, Matt Moytl described how emotion may drive political attitudes and voting behavior. In the final part of this series, I discuss how emotions and reasons are not necessarily in conflict. more
07.03.2014 | Meaning Making

CEO’s, morality, and minds: How good and bad guide our perceptions of others

written by: Andrew Monroe

Morality colors the way we view the world, but how it influences our judgments of others is a controversial debate. One popular view is that morality biases people’s perceptions of others—specifically others’ intentions. I suggest that this view is incorrect. Instead, valence, not morality, guides perception, and it does so in a way that may be adaptive. more
01.03.2014 | Political Psychology

Political convictions emerge from the gut

written by: Matt Motyl

In the first part of this three part series, my colleague Ellie Shockley described how rational thinking may drive political attitudes and voting behavior. In this second part of the series, I describe how emotion may drive political attitudes and voting behavior. In the final part of this series, Mark Brandt will discuss how emotion and reason each contribute to people’s political attitudes and behaviors. 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

Social Machines: Social Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction

White lies and black lies: What they have in common and how they differ

Origins of Common Fears: A Review

Remembering what never occurred? Children’s false memories for repeated experiences

Improving the Disclosure of Information in an Investigative Interview: Rapport building and the Physical Environment

Bad day? How it can seem even worse for some

In-Mind Blog

Why Madonna was right: Music really does make the people come together

Is banning bossy enough to enact real social change? Celebrity activism and the “Ban Bossy” campaign

Variety and motivation: The crux to lasting happiness

Being rational and emotional are not (necessarily) contradictions

CEO’s, morality, and minds: How good and bad guide our perceptions of others

Political convictions emerge from the gut

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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