Psychology & Sociology

Microbial help in depression

Probiotics as an adjunctive therapy can apparently help to alleviate symptoms of depression. © Kieferpix/iStock The intestinal flora also plays an important role in...

Natural Ways To Refresh Your Daily Life

Everyone gets stuck in a rut from time to time. If you're looking for some simple ways to refresh your daily life, you've come...

Arousal is reflected in the breath

Researchers are on the trail of the signature of pleasure in the breath. © Gpointstudio/iStock When you are sexually aroused, something happens in the...

Employee motivation when moving office

Cohesion and teamwork are important measures when moving to a workplace. © pixabay.com, mohamed_hassan (CC0 Public Domain) Moving to a new home can have...

Video calls inhibit creativity

How does video conferencing affect creativity? © Violeta Stoimenova/ iStock More and more people work mainly from home and meet their colleagues primarily via...

On the trail of motivation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHtCpdhDy1E What motivates us? What strengthens the driving force and what weakens it? At the University of Tübingen, Humboldt Professor Kou Murayama is...

Targeting criminals

The ingenious detection methods used by forensic scientists are, among other things, the focus of the cover story of bdw. © Microgen/istock From crime...

Monkeys sense their own heartbeat

Rhesus monkeys can associate audiovisual displays with their own heartbeat pattern. Illustration © Matthew Verdolivo/UC Davis What is going on in my own body?...

Fear in the focus of research

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_jT4OoH4M At the University of Marburg, an internationally renowned anxiety researcher is working on transferring neuroscientific results to clinical psychology. Source: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

When we think of “people” do we tend to think of men?

Language can shape certain ideas. © cienpies/ iStock Anyone who tries to use gender-neutral language often uses gender-neutral terms such as "persons", "people" or...

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