September 1st 2024
Is there a Gender Equality Paradox?
The more egalitarian a society is, the more women and men conform to stereotypes, various studies suggest. This so called Gender Equality Paradox (GEP) has beend documented for job preferences, personality differences or even meat consumption. However, current research now shows that previous studies may have oversimplified things. Read all the details here in my article for German news paper Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German, behind paywall).


August 26th 2024
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August 18th 2024
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January 21st 2024
Kafka is an existential threat for our mind
On June 3, 2024, Franz Kafka’s death anniversary would have marked its 100th year. In commemoration, I’ve summarized some psychological studies for Süddeutsche Zeitung that explore the impact of reading Kafka on the mind. Turns out: Kafka is a meaning threat! Read all the details here (in German, behind paywall).


June 8th 2024
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June 1st 2024
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May 31st 2024
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May 11th 2024
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May 9th 2024
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May 5th 2024
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April 14th 2024
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April 13th 2024
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March 1st 2024
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February 16th 2024
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February 10th 2024
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February 4th 2024
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February 3rd 2024
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January 19th 2024
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January 6th 2024
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January 4th 2024
Patterns, Paranormal and Psychosis

Pattern detection is an essential skill for human and nonhuman animals. However, it has a dark side as the detection of (implausible) patterns seems to be involved in paranormal beliefs and maybe even in psychotic illnesses, research shows. I have written about the topic for German Newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Read the article here (in German, behind paywall).


January 3rd 2024
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January 2nd 2024
Happy New Year!
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December 28th 2023
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December 20th 2023
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November 18th 2023
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November 5th 2023
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October 30th 2023
Ironic errors: How to Think, Say, or Do Precisely the Worst
Trying to avoid certain errors sometimes increases the risk to actually commit those exact errors (which is why they are called "ironic" or "paradoxical errors"). I have written about the topic for German Newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung – and about Daniel Wegner's Ironic Process Theory (IPT), the most researched psychological concept to explain ironic errors (the heading of this paragraph is borrowed from one of Wegner's own papers in which he explains his IPT). Read my article here (paywall!) or here (no paywall; Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger).


October 27th 2023
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October 21th 2023
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October 14th 2023
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October 7th 2023
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September 29th 2023
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September 24th 2023
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September 23rd 2023
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September 12th 2023
Collage, once again



September 3rd 2023
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August 21th 2023
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August 13th 2023
Another collage



July 19th 2023
The Psychology of Pink
With the Barbie-Movie hitting the cinemas in Germany it's time to assess some of pink's alleged qualities: Did the color really used to be a gender-signifier for boys? And does it make people less agressive and less hungry? Read answers to this questions in my quick fact-check, published in my science blog (article in German).


July 16th 2023
Another collage



July 15th 2023
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June 29th 2023
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June 27th 2023
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June 23th 2023
The psychology of Inheritance taxation
Inheritance taxes are particular unpopular taxes. This is somewhat puzzling since in Germany (and several other countries) most people will just never inherit enough to have to be taxed for their inheritances (and would profit from redistribution through taxation instead). Recent research points to so called "meritocratic believes" as an important factor, as I have unraveled for German Newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Read the article here (article in German; behind paywall — at least for now).


June 11th 2023
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May 21st 2023
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May 20th 2023
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May 15th 2023
Collage for Springer Medizin

The collage was created for a textual version of my interview with Jakob Kather, Professor for Clinical Artificial Intelligence at the Medical Faculty of Technische Universität Dresden, about AI and it's role in current and future medicine for an episode of the Springer Medizin Podcast.


April 27th 2023
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April 16th 2023
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April 1st 2023
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March 24th 2022
New podcast episode: AI in Medicine
I had the great opportunity to speakt to Jakob Kather, Professor for Clinical Artificial Intelligence at the Medical Faculty of Technische Universität Dresden, about AI and it's role in current and future medicine for the most recent episode of the Springer Medizin Podcast. You'd probably be surprised to hear that AI is already part of routine clinical practice. And: If you ever wondered what AI is acutally is and what it's not, and how to define it - this episode will provide some remarkable answers (unfortunately, in German only):



March 20th 2023
A play on AI art


The German title "KI befahl: linke obere Ecke orange malen!" could be translated as: "AI [artificial intelligence] commanded: paint the upper left-hand corner orange!" In an attempt to recreate the very famous painting Höhere Wesen befahlen: rechte obere Ecke schwarz malen (which could be translated as: "Higher beings commanded: paint the upper right-hand corner black") by Sigmar Polke I asked ChatGPT to give me instructions on which corner to paint in which color. Since ChatGPT does not respond to creative requests with specific instructions, I asked for a random color and and a random combination of a horizontal and a vertical position (left, right; top, bottom). ChatGPT gave me the color with the RGB-code #FF5733 (orange) and the position "top-left".

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