The electroencephalogram, or EEG for short, visualizes electrical activity in the brain and is an important research tool. But what can it reveal about a person’s personality? Prof. Dr. Jan Wacker and Dr. Katharina Paul from the Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science are working on this topic as part of a large...

How does the female menstrual cycle affect stress perception? Two psychology students at the University of Hamburg are investigating this research gap in a project funded by the Excellence Strategy. In this interview, Veronika Zöbelin and Lara Kubotsch discuss the “male prototype” in academia, the challenge of managing...

Our brain automatically compares new information with existing memories and links them together. Through this integration into our memory, we build knowledge. An international research team led by Prof. Dr. Lars Schwabe from the Department of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Hamburg has now demonstrated that acute...