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Why is aggressive female sexuality pathologised on-screen?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is aggressive female sexuality pathologised on-screen?

...psychological dimension to the program that is integral to its success and suspense. Intelligent, desirable, yet psychologically unstable women characters are a common feature of thrillers. In fact they are a staple of the 1940s and 1950s Hollywood film noir genre. Take for instance the extraordinarily glamorous yet unhinged character of Gene Tierney in Leave Her to...
Wellbeing for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing for Work

...Psychology to Work hub. The hub provides tools, resources and short courses to help develop skills and knowledge towards or enhancing current employment experiences or preparing for new roles or positions...Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, working practices have significantly changed for most people. Many are working from home and there is a blurring of the edges...
OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”

...forensics investigations and materials analysis can be conducted from afar through keyboards and screens How to share the thrill of real time observing of the night sky and how to do it collaboratively without colocation How professional engineers and scientists might benefit from online access to instrumentation for training and development For almost half a century The...
Happy halloween!
History & The Arts

Happy halloween!

...from the crypt: our latest Halloween articles The origins of Halloween and what it means now Discover zombie psychology and the apocalypse Transcript Dig into death and dying Unearth project fear and the science behind it Transcript Delve into witchcraft, wizards and clowns Gothic and supernatural themes in art and literature Sink your teeth into our spooky free courses...
Detecting fake images
Society, Politics & Law

Detecting fake images

...Forensically’s website, which provides a set of useful tools for analysing an example manipulated image. You can access the help page through the Help menu at the top left corner of the page. The help page briefly explains what each tool does. Read the Help page before you start using the tools to analyse the image. Try and find any suspected manipulations in the...
Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance

...we can use, both to manage our own responses to bullies, but also to maintain contexts where this behaviour is discouraged? This short interactive experience explores the psychology of bullying and manipulation in three different places: social media, the workplace and the school playground... [Bullying an manipulation interactive image] Select the image to begin......
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...psychological experiences and allow people to experience freedom and re-connect with nature (Brymer and Schweitzer, 2013). This need for freedom provides a contrast to the controlled and sterile World many people find themselves in, governed by technology, with recent statistics even reporting that children are spending as little as 16 minutes a day outside (Hurst, 2018)....
Are you a super recogniser?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a super recogniser?

...Psychology courses and qualifications [Character with white shirt and blue shorts looks through a magnifying glass on a red background. Could you be a super recogniser?] Select the image above to take the quiz Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or...