magazine issue 1 2020 / Issue 43

Are you Instagram-official? - Love, Social Media, and their Impact on Each Other

• written by Lili Fejes-Vékássy & Adrienn Ujhelyi
• edited by Amanda Sesko & Matthew Baldwin

Have you ever thought about the criteria used for being recognized as an official couple on social media? Maybe you felt annoyed when your partner’s new profile picture had been liked by his/her ex? Maybe you used social media after a break-up to snoop on someone you suspected to be your successor? If the answer is yes at least once, you certainly accept the importance of investigating these questions empirically....

Can We Believe in Our Own Lies?

• written by Fabiana Battista, Ivan Mangiulli, Antonietta Curci, Paul Riesthuis & Henry Otgaar
• edited by Matthew Baldwin

Can we believe in our own lies? Such a question eventually boils down to the issue of whether lying affects memory. ­­­­­­­This is particularly relevant in the legal arena, where witnesses, offenders, and suspects adopt deceptive strategies in several situations. 

Introduction

In 1995, Binjamin Wilkormiski published a book entitled Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood 1939-1948. In his book,...