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Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?

...cognitive psychologists and turned into an elegant “Prospect Theory” by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – who won the economics Nobel for it in 2002. An important consequence of this asymmetry is that people may react differently to a choice that is functionally the same, if it is re-framed in terms of losses rather than gains. You might, for example, prefer the...
Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Society, Politics & Law

Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?

...Cognition Research Centre Another interesting aspect is the level of engagement of community members. In some cases the “effort” expended is fairly minimal, a supportive “well done” or a ‘like’ about a story. However in a lot of cases community members are taking the time to add a lot of information in the comments, telling of similar stories that happened to...
Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...cognitive decline and poor comprehension. The role of probiotics – the beneficial live bacteria in your digestive system – in improving mental health has also been explored by psychiatrists and nutritionists, who found that taking them daily was associated with a significant reduction in depression and anxiety. Vitamin B complex and zinc are other supplements found to...
English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation
History & The Arts

English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation

...cognitive development and educational attainment.) For those of us lucky enough to teach or study English literature, its rewards are often even more profoundly felt and yet difficult to quantify. Literature is an aesthetic experience and a solace, an entertainment and a time machine, an infinite store of ideas and experiences. [A photograph of a woman reading to a group...
Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...Neuroscience, 271(2), pp. 223-234. Klosok, A. and Church, B. (2020) Athletes come to terms with 'heartbreaking' Tokyo 2020 postponement. Available at: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/25/sport/athletes-reaction-tokyo-2020-olympics-postpone-spt-intl/index.html (Accessed: 12 July 2021). Mon-López, D., García-Aliaga, A., Ginés Bartolomé, A. and Muriarte Solana, D. (2020)...
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...cognitive psychological aproaches used to examine such forms of attention as attention to regions of space, attention to objects and attention for action summarise the different cognitive psychological approaches under a fairly abstract definition of the term understand how ideas about attention have changed and diversified over the last fifty years and how well they have...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...cognitive therapy approaches may exert their effect by training people to become more aware of their moods, and of what is influencing or causing them. Another common distinction found in the study of moods and emotions concerns states and traits. A trait is a relatively stable attribute of an individual, whereas a state is a temporary response to circumstances. Take, for...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...Cognitive Development and Learning. In order to avoid reading for pleasure becoming little more than a colourful visual laid across the landscape of schools, we must ensure the social environment receives more attention, but not through more high profile competitions. Talking about texts, their possible meanings and interpretations, and informal conversations about...