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How afraid of death are we?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How afraid of death are we?

...psychologically abnormal – thanatophobic – and recommended for treatment. On the other hand, our tendency to report only low levels of death anxiety might be a result of our reluctance to admit to our fear, to others and ourselves. Based on this hypothesis, social psychologists have, for almost 30 years now, examined the social and psychological effects of being...
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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?

...psychological and physiological impacts of this unusual situation. [Tokyo 2020 sports silhouettes] What impact did the postponement have? Obviously, there is variability in how athletes reacted to the postponement of the Olympics/Paralympics in 2020, but feelings of disappointment, frustration, confusion, and uncertainty seemed to be common (Taku and Arai, 2020). For...
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Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...psychology tells us that when a thought or an experience is too painful or difficult to bear, we use psychological defences so we can carry on as if it wasn’t there. We can know and not know about the climate crisis at the same time, something known in psychoanalysis as disavowal. For instance, we can engage in wishful thinking (e.g. ‘technology/science will save...
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The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...Forensic Analysis (FA): compares the personal writing style to the learner model. The user model is updated over time with submission of new documents. Academic integrity enhanced by technology Seven European institutions, including the Open University, conducted studies to support the development of the TeSLA system; these involved more than 22,000 students, including a...
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Introducing Health Sciences: Trauma, Repair and Recovery
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Trauma, Repair and Recovery

...psychological effects of injury? The six video tracks in this album present a range of powerful and moving case studies and show how access to emergency and longer-term care can help. We find out how falls affect the elderly, what injuries motorcycle accidents can cause, and how a victim of the 2005 London underground bombings has learned to cope with mental trauma. This...
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Investigating ageing
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating ageing

...psychological level during the ageing process. This material forms part of The Open University course SD805 Issues in brain and behaviour... Investigating ageing A short introduction to this album. Young and old compared We stereotype old age but what are the real differences between the young and old and how do we measure them? Ageing and vision How eyes can be studied...
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Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?
Society, Politics & Law

Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?

...psychological implications of such population transplants – for both the new arrivals as well as the communities that receive them. It was unfortunate that Cameron chose to cover the subject of “national security” as he announced his plan for the refugees. The British public had been calling for the prime minister to speak about the migrant crisis for days. In the...
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Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

...psychology can tell us about teens’ susceptibility to food ads in digital media. ...[An illustration of an ipad with sweets and doughnuts on and a child'd hand pulling a sweet out of the screen. ] Smartphones and social media in the lives of young people are frequently discussed. One topic that gets less of an airing is teens’ exposure to extensive marketing and...
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