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Health, Sports & Psychology
The birth of a word
Just like acquiring any other skill, learning language requires a lot of practise. Listen to how the son of researcher Deb Roy homed in on the pronunciation of ‘water’ over six months.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Desires and beliefs
Using two different experiments, psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik shows how children of different ages think about the minds of others.
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Hidden talents
Children living in adverse conditions are more likely to struggle in school. But what if these children have abilities that are enhanced through adversity, “hidden talents” that educators can harness to promote their learning?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - participant observer research
Discover how researchers live within the societies they are studying, sometimes for many years, to gain an insider’s perspective and to share similar experiences.
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One minute methods - interviews and focus groups
Discover how researchers use interviews and focus groups to get an in depth understanding of people’s experiences.
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One minute methods - neuroimaging
Discover how neuroimaging techniques, like those used in the driving simulation study, can reveal much about the relationship between brain, mind and behaviour.
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One minute methods - twin studies
Learn how twins provide a natural experiment to investigate the relative importance of genes and environment on development.
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One minute methods - sampling
Like the babies in Laura Schultz’s experiments, discover why researchers take care over the generalisations they make.
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One minute methods - cultural sensitivity
Discover why methods need to be culturally meaningful and sensitive to the experiences of the children taking part in research.
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One minute methods - validity and reliability
Discover how researchers ensure that their measurements are both valid and reliable.
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One minute methods - cross sectional and longitudinal designs
Discover how researchers compare different age groups of children at the same time, as in the Elenbaas and colleagues study, or compare how the same children grow up over time.