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Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?

...cognitive skills and physiological conditioning to different sports. There is also strong evidence that in sports where peak performance is reached into adulthood specialisation does not need to occur before the age of 13. So how does this apply to rugby? Rugby is a sport where peak performance is typically achieved later into adulthood. This corresponds to statistics...
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Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate
Languages

Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate

...cognitive linguistics, as ‘framing’. This is an important notion for the way we perceive information. Take, for example, Richard Nixon’s famous assertion, ‘I’m not a crook’. By using the word ‘crook’ in this context, Nixon ensured that this was the first idea that sprung to mind for his audience. He himself triggered the concept of nefarious behaviour by...
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The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care

...cognitive-behavioural principles in the management of patients with back pain and neck pain. Physiotherapy, 94(4), 306–313. Kelner, M. (2018). Danny Rose opens up about depression after tragedy and tough year at Spurs. Retrieved August 10, 2018, from
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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...cognitive functioning. Proponents of the neurodiversity movement want to make it easier for all neurodiverse people to be able to contribute to society as they are rather than how society would want them to.The term ‘neurodiverse’ led to the neurodiversity movement, which was developed from the Autism rights movement; this initially meant only autistic people were...
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What does an engineer look like?
Science, Maths & Technology

What does an engineer look like?

...cognitive shortcut that allows us to make sense of the world quickly and make judgements. Most of us been brought up in a white-dominant, hetero-normative, patriarchal society. We’ve been steeped in it since birth and it’s hardly surprising that we may all revert, however subconsciously, to ingrained societal norms. But we’re also all capable of understanding where...
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Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...cognitive frame of a foreign minister who threatens the Italians with an import ban on Prosecco. That is to misunderstand the logic of trade negotiations in the EU, which have been structured so you can no less cherry pick between countries than between issues. Sure, there is lobbying within and by each member state– but their individual stance has to come together in a...
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...cognitive field, because that too, I think, is a very inadequate way to describe our whole field of appreciation. Science for a long time has assumed not only that the observer saw more of the game than the player, but that he saw everything that was worth seeing. The idea that the agent might see, and still less might be, something that the observer couldn't see, and be,...
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Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...cognitive and social stimulation. Especially we need to make sure we are well hydrated (6–8 cups of water every day is close to ideal) while being careful not to drink too much tea/coffee/alcohol. Eat a healthy balanced diet. Exercise regularly. Exercise doesn’t need to be strenuous or long, every little helps. We can exercise 5 times a day for 5–10 minutes if we...
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