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Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’

...researcher with an interest in child and adolescent mental health, I would encourage parents and caregivers to think about the psychological aspects of child development – and how we can have rather limited views on what constitutes ‘normal’ or healthy emotional and social development. For instance, in terms of gender role expectations, does it really matter if a...
Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics
Science, Maths & Technology

Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics

...research into the conservation of bioplastics is crucial not only to improve their durability for use but also to ensure that bioplastic objects in museum collections are protected from degradation (Pye, 2016). This highlights an important aspect of sustainability for some items, namely balancing the eco-friendliness of materials with their preservation needs. As you...
The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation

...researchers have since developed this idea to include a multitude of responses, such as a freeze response (Barlow, 2002) which may occur in some threatening situations. Surprise and startle responses can occur in reaction to a sudden, intense, and unexpected stimulus. It is important to understand before proceeding, however, that not all unexpected stimuli may lead to a...
What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...research shows above all is that learning another language is not an easy feat. It requires a considerable investment of resources and it makes a huge difference whether you are learning in a supportive community or one that rejects you. The ultimate outcome of second language learning efforts is not purely an act of willpower or the result of the learner’s personal...
Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...Second Treatise of Government," in Two Treatises of Government, ed. Peter Laslett (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003 [1689]). US Declaration of Independence, 1776. Article 3 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Find out more Slavery Law and Power, is a research database set up by Holly Brewer with informative chapters on this broad area....
Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...research on the contributions of Black people before and during the Tudor period. Transcript Encounters with historical events in genres that function as discursive actions within particular social, political and cultural frameworks influence how people engage with the past in which identities are created and sustained. Historical knowledge has the power to influence how...
Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...Research Film History: Academic Info: Film History [Contains links to many journals and other online resources] Online library catalogue for the University of Berkeley World Wide Web Virtual Library: Film History Index Digital History: Hollywood's America Photography and history: Robert Leggat's Home Page: A History of Photography Midley History of Photography: R. Derek...
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...researching on my iPad. So the way that Green.TV works in a sense that it is a digital channel online, very much fits with viewer behaviour now. We’re there when people want us, we can help guide them to the content that they’re interested in and then, say, with our Twitter and Facebook, we can then show them articles they might be interested in the world of green as...