The In-Mind Blog

Netflix’s "Adolescence" sparked the debate about whether social media can push boys towards misogyny. Research suggests a more complex picture: harmful content exists, but its influence and interpretation depend on much more than the type of content itself. more

We are looking for 2-3 new team members to join our LinkedIn team. Are you passionate about social media and communicating psychological research to a broad audience? Then we'd love to hear from you! more

We are recruiting for editors with expertise in social and environmental psychology, with a focus on climate change, and/or social or personality psychology, with a focus on relationships, love, and dating. more

Life is marked by transitions. Some are expected, such as entering adulthood, becoming a parent, or retiring. Others are abrupt, disruptive, or unwanted, such as bereavement, serious illness, divorce, unemployment, forced migration, or caregiving burdens. These experiences often challenge people’s routines, identities, relationships, and expectations for the future. more

We are currently looking to publish articles on a series of specific themes that we know people are generally very interested in learning more about. This is an invitation to all those interested in writing an article on any of the themes or specific topics listed below to please submit a short abstract on a future article idea. If your abstract is accepted, we will invite you to submit a full length-article to the magazine, which will then be reviewed. Your abstract should be around 150–250 words long, and we wish to have your abstract before November 3rd. more

Negativity bias refers to the phenomenon that negative information carries more psychological weight than positive information. For instance, the sting of losing $10 is felt more intensely than the joy of gaining $10, and we are quicker to spot a threatening face in a crowd than a friendly one. Surprisingly, however, this effect doesn't seem to show up in evaluative conditioning (which is the change in the liking of a neutral stimulus due to its joint presentation with a positive or negative stimulus )—even when all the typical conditions for it are met. So, why doesn't the bias show up here? We take a closer look at the data to find out. more