https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/psychology/ Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität | Neues aus Forschung, Lehre, Studium Wed, 06 May 2026 13:12:30 +0000 de hourly 1 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-fav_guo-blau-32x32.jpg https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/psychology/ 32 32 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/shaping-the-future-of-learning-with-ai-and-digital-technologies/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:54:14 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=88291 Artificial intelligence and digital technologies are rapidly transforming the way people learn – from schools and universities to professional training and lifelong education. They enable more personalized learning experiences, support […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/leadership-and-social-cohesion/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:16:51 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=86941 DFG approves new Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt Our times are dominated by crises as well as social polarization and fragmentation. […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/healing-classrooms-promoting-resilience-for-students-with-refugee-experience-in-hessen/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:12:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=86424 A two-and-a-half-day statewide further training session for school psychologists on the “Healing Classrooms” approach took place shortly before and during the 2025 Hessian summer vacation. Especially in challenging societal times, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/i-wanted-to-know-where-language-comes-from/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87202 Interview with Susan Goldin-Meadow, pioneer of psychological and linguistic gesture studies We all communicate not only with words but also with gestures and facial expressions. For a long time, these […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/center-of-excellence-for-school-psychology-to-be-made-permanent/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:41:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=84288 State of Hesse to Provide Long-Term Funding for Goethe University Facility Since 2017, the Center of Excellence for School Psychology at Goethe University Frankfurt has successfully integrated academic research and […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/setting-sail-on-the-main-river-in-the-spring-sun-boat-trip-for-early-career-researchers-of-the-rmu-alliance/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:21:49 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=83716 On the afternoon of April 25, 2025, twenty doctoral candidates and postdocs from the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) gathered at Frankfurt’s historic Eiserner Steg bridge – just as the cloud started […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/experimental-psychology-in-challenging-times-a-conversation-on-the-sidelines-of-teap-2025/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:50:21 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82942 The TeaP (Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen – Conference of Experimental Psychologists) is an important venue for early-career researchers in experimental psychology. This year’s conference drew some 800 participants, who gathered […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/chris-englert-sports-psychologist/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 06:48:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82331 Many people have the wrong idea about what his work and research entail: “Sports psychology is right at the intersection of psychology as a basic science and sports as an […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/meet-the-scientists-researching-at-goethe-university-psychologist-rolf-van-dick/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:23:12 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=74812 We wanted to know: Why did our scientists want to become scientists in the first place? What are they working on, and what do they still want to discover? You […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/meet-the-scientists-researching-at-goethe-university-psychologist-and-neurobiologist-erin-m-schuman/ Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:58:36 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=74394 We wanted to know: Why did our scientists want to become scientists in the first place? What are they working on, and what do they still want to discover? You […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/research-project-offers-psychotherapeutic-help-to-traumatized-refugees-of-war-and-violence/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 07:46:44 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=66519 People who have fled to Germany to escape war and violence often suffered traumatic experiences. Torture, rape or attacks can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Those affected suffer from […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/reading-and-speaking-follow-a-similar-tact/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:04:04 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=53895 When we read, our gaze moves over the text in a certain pattern. This pattern resembles – to a surprisingly high degree – the rhythm of spoken language, as a […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/effects-of-remote-learning-during-first-lockdown-comparable-to-summer-vacation/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:29:26 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=51638 How effectively do children and teenagers learn in remote classes from home? The issue has been the subject of intensive discussions, not only among experts. A systematic review from the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/psychologists-at-goethe-university-research-the-short-term-memory-of-visual-impressions/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:52:53 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=43864 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/study-brain-networks-more-stable-in-individuals-with-higher-cognitive-abilities/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:35:37 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=39630 Brain imaging study investigates why cognitive abilities differ between individuals The interconnections and communication between different regions of the human brain influence our behaviour in many ways. This is also […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/help-for-youth-who-have-experienced-sexual-or-physical-abuse/ Wed, 22 May 2019 09:16:46 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=37586 Study proves effectiveness of new psychotherapy / publication in JAMA Psychiatry FRANKFURT. There have not been many scientifically evaluated therapies for teens and young adults who have suffered physical or […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/erc-starting-grant-for-research-into-predictive-memory-systems-across-the-lifespan/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:26:32 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=26350 Goethe University Frankfurt can boast another EU-funded research project: With the appointment of Yee Lee Shing as Chair of Developmental Psychology her PIVOTAL research project has accompanied her to Frankfurt. […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/smart-people-have-better-connected-brains/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:25:41 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=23471 Differences in intelligence have so far mostly been attributed to differences in specific brain regions. However, are smart people’s brains also wired differently to those of less intelligent persons? A […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/an-utter-shambles/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 09:03:17 +0000 http://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15618 Researchers often observe inadequate parenting, a negative emotional climate and household chaos in families of children with ADHD. A research group at Goethe University Frankfurt and the universities of Bremen, […]]]>