My Personal Blog
Welcome to my blog! Below you’ll find a collection of articles and opinion pieces on topics that caught my attention. These are usually related to psychology. Click a card to explore a piece.
What is Critical Thinking
March 24, 2022
We all seem to intuitively understand what intelligence or critical thinking is, and that it is a good thinking that we should strive for – an idea which universities endorse quite a lot. But defining it precisely is next to impossible.
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Everyone Should Learn to Code
February 11, 2022
is coding beneficial for other things than employment and productivity? What is going ‘under the hood’ – does learning to code change the way we think?
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Mathematical Psychology
January 28, 2022
Mathematical psychology is related to psychometrics and statistics. Below are some resources you can use to delve a little deeper into the topic of mathematical psychology.
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Can We Get Attached to Places?
November 24, 2021
Going through any social psychology textbook, we see that the need to belong is a fundamental need that every person has. We need to feel at home – it’s as simple as that. But what do we need to belong to?
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Fractals to the rescue!
September 15, 2021
Many people have taken up gardening or some other plant-related hobby during the pandemic. It seems that when we have the opportunity, we surround ourselves with nature. Why is that?
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Quantifying Happiness
May 26, 2021
People want to be happy and to know how happy others are. To convey how happy we are, we have to define happiness and then measure it accordingly. As it turns out, this task of quantifying happiness is tricky.
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Reflections Know-How
February 24, 2021
We are told that reflection is very important in the learning process, and are encouraged to reflect a lot during our studies. What makes reflection so good and is there an effective way to reflect?
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Book Review: The Use and Misuse of the Experimental Method in Social Psychology
January 6, 2021
Augustine Brannigan suggests that much of what we know from the classical studies of social psychology might be subject to change, given that these studies do not replicate. I discuss why.
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Toward More Desirable Consequences
December 7, 2020
Sometimes it feels to me that science is like a fortress to people who are not directly contributing to it, unknown and a little bit mysterious. Why is that and what to do about it?
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Moody Friends Make Us Moody
June 8, 2020
During the pandemic, everyone has been afraid of catching or spreading the coronavirus. Rightfully so, as personal responsibility can save lives in this case. Research shows that depression can be contagious as well.
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How to Embody Music
May 15, 2020
Many people experience music with their ‘whole body’, or 'embody' music: we involve not only the cognition and emotions, but also sensations and behaviour. What are the factors that contribute?
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Thought and Travelling
April 17, 2020
Many of us can’t imagine spending holidays without going abroad. The world is ‘going global’ and we are still finding out what the consequences are: does travelling change how we think?
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