Lotte van der Zanden
Lotte van der Zanden
Lotte van der Zanden completed her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and research master Behavioural Science at the Radboud University Nijmegen. She is currently working as a PhD student at Wageningen University.Her main research interest is facilitation of behavior change. For In-Mind, she facilitates the editors' use of the website. E-mail: online@in-mind.org
Danna Oomen
Danna Oomen
Danna Oomen received her MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology from Leiden University in 2018. In 2023, she obtained her PhD from Ghent University. Danna is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Leuphana University. Her research focuses on social perception, including the perception of biological motion, social interaction, and mimicry, as well as the similarities and differences in perception between individuals with and without autism.
You can follow her on Twitter @OomenDanna, and she can be reached via email at danna.oomen@leuphana.de
Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera
Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera
Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera is an assistent professor at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. She received her Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Amsterdam.
Rebekka Schubert
Rebekka Schubert
German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Psychology, Department of Performance Psychology, Germany
Joonha Park
Joonha Park
Joonha Park has been pursuing her research at the University of Melbourne, after receiving her undergraduate degree at Korea University, S. Korea in 2006. After completing her honours work on dehumanization in 2007, she commenced her graduate study in 2008. Her research interests include self-perception, self-regulation, implicit social cognition, group stereotypes, and effect of multiculturalism on development.
Fabio Richlan
Fabio Richlan
Dr. Fabio Richlan is a certified sport psychologist, research scientist, and lecturer at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and the Department of Psychology at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg in Austria. He is the co-leader of the research cluster “Mental and Physical Fitness”, where he investigates topics at the intersection between neuroscience and sport, exercise, and performance psychology. He is coaching Austrian and international top-level athletes and working with the most important sports organizations.
Twitter/X: @fabiorichla
Arno van Voorst
Arno van Voorst
Arno van Voorst, chief bibliography and the primary author of this article, completed both his Bachelor and Master Degrees at the Free University, Amsterdam. His research focuses on emotions, emotion regulation, leadership and power, social relationships with pets, and general motivation science. Indeed, going from his research interests, it should not come as a surprise that he has picked up a keen interest in evolutionary perspectives.
Magdalena Wischnewski
Magdalena Wischnewski
From 2012 to 2018, Dr. Magdalena Wischnewski studied Psychology at the University of Freiburg. In October 2019, she completed her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nicole Krämer at the University of Duisburg-Essen. During her PhD, she investigated the cognitive and affective mechanisms involved in motivated reasoning, particularly in the context of misinformation. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Research Center for Trustworthy Data Science and Security. Her current research, situated within the broader field of trust in artificial intelligence, focuses on understanding how and under what circumstances users place trust in AI systems.
Scott Sleek
Scott Sleek
Scott Sleek is the news director for the Association for Psychological Science, where he is in charge of promoting the public understanding of psychological research. He runs a variety of public education campaigns on scientific topics such as, the teen brain, learning styles, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr. Vera Zamoscik
Dr. Vera Zamoscik
Vera Zamoscik is currently a researcher and lecturer in clinical and biological psychology at the University of Mannheim. Her work focuses on respiration-centered interventions and their role in mental health and stress management. Vera is also deeply engaged in emergency psychology, particularly in psychosocial emergency care for first responders, focusing on aspects such as implementing training and prevention, and studying the impact of critical incidents like the 2021 flood disaster in Germany. She earned her PhD from Heidelberg University, examining the role of sensory sensitivity and respiration patterns in mental health. Find more about Vera's work here.