Digital Helpers for Mental Health
Smartwatches, apps, and chatbots: digital helpers will soon be indispensable. What will matter going forward?
What ice-fishing competitions reveal about human decision-making
An international team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, the Cluster of Excellence “Science of Intelligence” at TU Berlin and the University Eastern Finland in Joensuu has carried out an unusual study in the frozen landscapes of Finland. The researchers used ice-fishing competitions as a natural setting to investigate human foraging behavior. The results of the study have been published in Science.
ZEIT-Podcast „Nur eine Frage“ with Ralph Hertwig – Is the internet destroying democracy?
In the latest episode of the german podcast “Nur eine Frage” (Just a question), psychologist Ralph Hertwig, director of the Center for Adaptive Rationality, answers questions from ZEIT editor-in-chief Jochen Wegner.
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Journal Article
, , Moog, N. K., , , , & (2026). Cognition and mood changes in pregnancy: Timing and childhood maltreatment histories. Letter to the editor. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 153(5), 588–590. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.70003
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, Dong, M., Nussberger, A.-M., Köbis, N., & (2026). People have different expectations for their own versus others' use of AI-mediated communication tools. British Journal of Psychology, 117(2), 548–566. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12727
Journal Article
Wulff, D. U., & (2026). Escaping the jingle-jangle jungle: Increasing conceptual clarity in psychology using large language models. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 35(2), 59–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214251382083
