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Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...changes in perception that had striking implications. Sacks was not the originator of this form of writing, nor did he claim to be. He drew his inspiration from the great neuropsychologist Alexander Luria but while Luria’s cases were known to a select group of specialists, Sacks wrote for the general public, and opened up neurology to the everyday world. Despite...
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What is the zika virus?
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What is the zika virus?

...changed its behaviour in other ways, spreading faster, spreading sexually, and also lumbering some survivors with the nasty post-viral Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Although GBS can be fatal, the worst GBS manifestation in recovered Zika patients so far has been a partial temporary paralysis. Based on previous experience, Zika would have seemed an unlikely candidate for the...
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Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in
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Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in

...changing event – a cross-country move. But from the perspective of a practicing clinical child psychologist with 30 years of experience, it’s only partly successful in accurately depicting why children react the way they do. Most tweens would have difficulty with a cross-country move at the start of middle school, and Riley is, understandably, sad, angry, disgusted...
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Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016
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Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016

...changed. Interestingly ‘higher status’ players, whilst likely having more experience to draw on, are sometimes less successful in penalty shoot-out situations; perhaps because the pressure of expectation is far greater for them than for players of lower status. Try our penalty shoot-out game to see these factors in action. This shows that the successful penalty taker...
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What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development
Society, Politics & Law

What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development

...change from outside formal politics. Having said that, global civil society resistance might succeed to put pressure on political institutions and thereby mitigate the impact of Brexit and Trump victories on peoples’ lives. In conclusion, the Brexit and Trump victories appear to drive global justice and international development efforts into unchartered waters. As...
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Charting new reading research directions
Education & Development

Charting new reading research directions

...changes in reading research – and a possible future in which children learn with edible books. Annie Brookman-Byrne: Many adults wonder whether print or digital books are better for children. What does the research say? Natalia Kucirkova: Numerous studies have compared print and digital books, but what really matters is why, how, and what children read. It is now widely...
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Why has Theresa May called for a snap election?
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Why has Theresa May called for a snap election?

...changes to parliamentary boundaries that would have come in prior to an election in 2020. Why now? Anyone arguing that the PM has somehow lied to the public by giving the distinct impression since July that she wasn’t going to call an early election should save their breath. The fact of the matter is this: people seem to like Theresa May – or at least respect her –...
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Why did the SNP lose seats in the 2017 General Election?
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Why did the SNP lose seats in the 2017 General Election?

...changing fortunes? Here are five important factors: 1. The election was fought on very different grounds in Scotland Both the Conservatives and Scottish Labour chose to make the election about a second independence referendum, despite the Scottish Parliament already voting in favour of this in March this year. While the the SNP won nearly all available seats in 2015, this...
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