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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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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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08/2026 - Special issue on artificial intelligence

Understanding the mind-AI connection – how cognitive abilities shape AI use
- written by
- Magnus Liebherr,
- Eva Gößwein
The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is closely tied to human cognitive abilities – mental processes that determine how we interpret, evaluate, and respond to AI-generated information. Understanding this interplay is essential for designing AI systems that align with human cognition, enhancing user engagement while reducing risks such as automation bias (the tendency to overtrust AI outputs) and cognitive overload (the state in which information exceeds mental capacity). In this article, we introduce the concepts of working memory, cognitive flexibility, and attention and explore how they shape the way we interact with AI. We illustrate how these cognitive functions influence...
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08/2026 - Special issue on artificial intelligence

Human oversight of AI: An effective remedy for AI risks or a way to induce unwarranted trust in AI?
- written by
- Markus Langer,
- Kevin Baum,
- Johann Laux
When AI determines medical treatments or prison sentences, we may find comfort in the idea of a “human touch” in decisions, for instance, in the form of human oversight mandated in AI regulation. But does human oversight add something meaningful or does it merely serve to convince us to trust AI?
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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 - Special issue on artificial intelligence

Benefits and risks of asking AI for health advice

written by: Jaroslava Kaňková

Magazine Issue 10/2025

Starting early: How caregivers can support their children's emotion regulation

written by: Katharina Demke, Mara Hüttner, Avelina Lovis-Schmidt

Emotion regulation in children can be challenging: screaming, loud crying, temper tantrums at the supermarket checkout - many people are familiar with such situations. What role do caregivers play in... more
Magazine Issue 09/2025

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

written by: Mira Fauth-Bühler

From fight videos on TikTok to hate comments on Instagram, violence is omnipresent online, but what does it do to our empathy? Studies reveal that repeated exposure to digital aggression... more
Magazine Issue 09/2025

FOMO: The fun everybody else has

written by: Carolin Lehmann

Have you ever felt that nagging sense of missing out on something exciting? Did you feel like you did not take on an opportunity that may never come again -... more
Magazine Issue 09/2025

Social media use towards self-diagnosing and health anxiety

written by: Lili R. Romann

Self-diagnosing occurs when individuals who are not medical professionals intrinsically establish themselves as living with a particular medical diagnosis. Self-diagnosing is becoming all the more prominent due to increasing communication... more
Magazine Issue 09/2025

Scrolling against hate: Developing critical media competence to counter online antisemitism

written by: Agata Maria Kraj, Özen Odağ, Larisa Buhin, Jannis Niedick, Justine Kohl, Linda P. Juang, Gudrun Dobslaw

Social media connects – but also divides. This article explores how antisemitism appears online, why young adults are especially vulnerable, and what we can do about it. Based on existing... more
Magazine Issue 09/2025

Covert control: How political elites and influencers use manipulation on social media

written by: Meredith M. Turner, Sara Holland Levin

The popularity of users like politicians and political influencers on social media demonstrates their power and sway over public discourse today. But how do these political users gain and maintain... more

In-Mind Blog

14.06.2019 | Big Questions in Society

Toward the LGBTQ+ Friendly Workplace: Are We There Yet?

written by: Marc Cubrich

Gender and sexual minorities in the United States still face discrimination and a number of challenges. What are the workplace experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals and is the modern organization LGBTQ+ friendly? Read more to find out. more
20.04.2019 | Generalist Grab Bag

Darkness All Around: Humor, Personality, and Creativity

written by: Hansika Kapoor, Sampada Karandikar

Dark humor [1] is harsh and horrendous humor that makes fun of taboo or serious subjects (e.g., jokes on otherwise traumatizing things/events such as dead babies, the holocaust, terminal illnesses... more
16.03.2019 | Generalist Grab Bag, Happiness & Well-being

The Kids are Alright? An Interview with Well-Being Ambassador Will Williams and a Case for Bringing Mindfulness to Schools

written by: Matthew Baldwin, Will Williams

The No Good Terrible Very Bad Day Imagine the last bad day you had. Maybe you were jolted out of a pleasant snooze by a complaining alarm. You’re late. You’re... more
13.12.2018 | Generalist Grab Bag

No Excuses! Lay Judges Reject Exhaustion as a Reason for Failing to Help Others

written by: Jacob Goldstein-Greenwood, Paul Conway

Imagine that your spouse has promised that they will wash the dishes cluttering your sink this evening; but, when they arrive home exhausted after a stressful day of back-to-back meetings and skipped meals, they try to pawn the responsibility back off on you. Would you soften your judgment of your spouse on account of their fatigue? We find that the court of moral opinion is unsympathetic to the exhausted: Across several studies, we found that people judged actors who were fatigued and did good or bad deeds as equivalently (im)moral as those who were refreshed. more
25.09.2018 | Demystifying Mental Health, Generalist Grab Bag

Roadblocks to Mental Health Research

written by: Chris Millar

Mental health problems are one of the main causes of the overall disease burden worldwide. Another busy ward round: a telephone rings; a nurse apologises to patients that the ward is too short-staffed to facilitate their leave this afternoon; a junior doctor furiously types up... more
09.09.2018 | Generalist Grab Bag

How to get into shape like the Hulk

written by: Anneloes Kip, Marleen Gillebaart

Do you want to get into shape but find it hard to carry out your good intentions? The Hulk can help you! more