Human Arenas

13/06/2025

Dr. Kadmon explored the mutually beneficial relationship between theoretical neuroscience and statistical physics through the lens of efficient coding and computation in cortical circuits. Read his latest article online as part of the collection Th Max Planck Papers:

This essay, derived from a lecture at “The Physics Modeling of Thought” workshop in Berlin in winter 2023, explores the mutually beneficial relationship between theoretical neuroscience and statistical physics through the lens of efficient coding and computation in cortical circuits. It highligh...

30/05/2025

Dr. Iannone & Murdock adopted a collage method as a unique arts-based approach to capture the identity journey of refugee entrepreneurs in Luxembourg. Specifically, they highlighted the potential of non-Western frameworks grounded in communal, spiritual, and relational understandings for the conceptualisations of identity and self. Read their latest work online in Arena of Identity:

This manuscript charts the emerging identity processes of refugee entrepreneurs in Luxembourg. It critically examines existing conceptualisations of identity and the self through a Western lens and highlights how non-Western frameworks, grounded in communal, spiritual, and relational understandings,...

29/05/2025

Very honoured to have received the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award 2025 for Human Arenas

Motivation:
Springer Nature Editorial Contribution Award - This award recognises your meticulous assessment of submissions and rigorous management of the peer review process, safeguarding the scientific accuracy of the published record.

20/05/2025

Dear friends,
Human Arenas. Volume 8, Issue 2 is now available online.

Human Arenas welcomes the interdisciplinary study of higher psychological functions from the perspective of cultural psychology in human goal-oriented liminal ...

16/05/2025

Dr. Ruggieri & Mollo examined how digital technologies would shape individuals' relational and emotional experiences and called for fostering genuine symbolic relationships and recontextualizing human interactions mediated by technology. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Technologies:

Starting with an analysis of the current landscape shaped by the pervasive use of digital technologies—particularly social networks and mobile devices—this paper proposes a socio-constructivist theoretical model to explore the relationship between fantasy and reality. It emphasizes the pivotal r...

09/05/2025

Using semi-structured interviews, Dr. Barboza and colleagues analyzed the science conceptions held by science teachers in a Christian school in Brazil. Read their latest article online in the Arena of Epistemology:

The purpose of the research presented in this paper was to identify the science conceptions held by science teachers in a Christian school. The study focused on three teachers who taught natural science, physics, and chemistry at the Adventist School of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. Data was coll...

02/05/2025

Dr. Magioglou analyzed the discursive strategies used by young Greek adults to claim ownership of democracy and to contest the mainstream constructions present in the public discourse. Read the latest article online in the Arena of Values:

This paper provides a theoretical and methodological contribution to the study of lay thinking on democracy, between a constructivist understanding of social representations and discursive psychology (Batel and Castro, 2018) and at the interface of individual and collective dynamics. Young Greek adu...

25/04/2025

Dr. Kusnir & Landau critically assessed the bias of the spatial approach in understanding the neural correlates and mechanisms of cognition. They also highlighted the value of integrating time and temporal organizing principles. Read their latest article online as part of the collection The Max Planck Papers:

Understanding how our sensory apparatus generates percepts and coherent experiences of the world has been the outstanding quest of centuries. Throughout history, philosophers, biologists, psychologists, and – in the past few decades—cognitive neuroscientists have all sought answers to how our br...

18/04/2025

Adopting a phenomenological approach, Dr. Alves & Scorsolini-Comin explored the experience of grief over the loss of a pet. Read their latest work online in the Arena of Spirituality:

This exploratory and qualitative study investigated grief over the loss of a pet through an online group intervention with pet owners, conducted in weekly two-hour sessions focused on sharing experiences and reflections on loss. The phenomenological group provided a space for listening and mutual su...

04/04/2025

Using in-depth interpretive phenomenological analysis, Dr. Vaseková & Günther investigated the psychological impact and strategies Han men use in their attempts to establish relationships upon the background of gender imbalance in the Chinese context. Read their latest article online in the Arena of Identity:

China’s one-child policy has led to a significant gender imbalance in the current Han population, which is male-dominated. This demographic disparity has affected the behaviour, psychological state, and life satisfaction of Han men seeking partner relationships. This study explores how these men c...

28/03/2025

Using interviews and dialogic discourse analysis, Dr. Toval-Gajardo and colleagues examined the precarity of independent musicians’ subjectivity. Read their latest work online in the Arena pf Subjectivity:

This article examines the precarity of independent musicians' subjectivity within flexible capitalism. Through a qualitative methodology based on in-depth interviews and dialogic discourse analysis, it explores tensions between the participants' desire to professionalize their musical careers and th...

21/03/2025

Dr. von Fircks compared William Stern’s concept of worldview with Jerome Bruner’s narrative psychology and proposed a potential pathway for integrating narratives and worldviews. Read his latest article online in the Arena of Ideas:

In this article, I aim to restore the original meaning of William Stern’s concept of worldview and compare it to Jerome Bruner’s cultural psychology, particularly his theory of narrative dynamics. Stern’s early research on worldviews has been largely overlooked by contemporary scholars, despit...