Tag: Psychology

START Awardee J. Lukas Thürmer

Interview & Opinion

Roadblocks to teamwork

Interview: Hanna Gabriel

Psychologist and START award winner J. Lukas Thürmer examines how groups work as a team. How are decisions made and problems solved in collaboration? And how do group dynamics change when individual members react unexpectedly or express criticism? Mr. Thürmer plans to use cutting-edge technologies to find the answers to these questions, which are at […] Continue reading “Roadblocks to teamwork”
Trabi Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany

On the road

From flamboyant to vulnerable – exploring narcissism in Dresden

By Emanuel Jauk

Narcissism seems to be all the rage. But what exactly does this classification mean from a psychological perspective? Schrödinger fellow Emanuel Jauk is exploring the facets and characteristics of narcissistic behaviour at the TU Dresden. There, he belongs to a growing research group that has conducted a comprehensive study on this topic whilst fostering rewarding […] Continue reading “From flamboyant to vulnerable – exploring narcissism in Dresden”
Brain model early 20th century.

Projects

How practising in your mind improves performance

Mental practice is already widely used in sports and music. It has also recently been introduced to motor rehabilitation. Little is known, however, about the processes underpinning such mental exercises. A team of psychologists in Innsbruck is working to fill this gap. In a basic research project, the researchers are exploring how certain cognitive strategies […] Continue reading “How practising in your mind improves performance”

On the road

Social interaction at MIT

By Livia Tomova

The corona pandemic confronts society with the impact of social isolation. Schrödinger Fellow Livia Tomova explored this topic even before the crisis began. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she studied how the brain reacts to loneliness and the craving for social contact. As Tomova reports in this guest contribution to scilog, the results of […] Continue reading “Social interaction at MIT”
Two female students with face masks are chatting on a stone bench at university campus

Projects

How the eyes assist with hearing

Hearing-impaired people learn to make up for their auditory deficits – for instance by lip-reading. A research group from Salzburg is exploring the manner in which the brain’s processing of visual signals is used to compensate for the hearing dysfunction. The study has been invested with particular topicality, given that the face masks worn because […] Continue reading “How the eyes assist with hearing”