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A parasocial Valentine's letter
History & The Arts

A parasocial Valentine's letter

...psychology of our relationships with fictional villains’. Catherine Earnshaw Wuthering Heights Haworth Moor West Yorkshire BD22 9QS My dearest Cathy, I write, as usual, as I sit by the fireside, your book open in front of me. As I read the pages that make you come alive, I can almost feel your eyes staring at me from between the words, as if you are looking out through...
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Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...psychology and design. Monica Bueno describes her education and how she chose Philips. Philips: Teamwork The T211 Course Team reflects on the Philips design process. Philips: Creative Product Design Making a new range of webcams. From developing the concept to expanding the range, Tom Delaey takes us through the process step by step. Philips: Teamwork The network of...
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Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited
OpenLearn Ireland

Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited

...psychological thriller The Talented Mr Ripley) had a significant impact on him. He frequently cited Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as his favourite authors, but he also enjoyed the works of Patricia Highsmith, Peter Cheyney and Walter Mosley (Muise, 2002). All of these influences merged together in his songwriting, resulting in a unique form of ‘hardboiled...
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Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg

...Psychology, 9, 44-49. Chang, A. M., Aeschbach, D., Duffy, J. F., & Czeisler, C. A. (2015). Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4), 1232-1237. Cheever, N. A., Rosen, L. D., Carrier, L. M., & Chavez, A. (2014). Out of sight is not out of mind: The...
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Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

...If economists' view of behaviour is to remain credible, it is time they examined this area. In the meantime, we are looking into another area where insights from behavioural science and psychology are ripe for consideration by economists: how choices are affected by your personality type. This article was originally published by The Conversation under a CC-BY-ND licence...
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Sara Kay Aloe
Education & Development

Sara Kay Aloe

...psychology. It was during this time that Sara started making plans for her future… with OpenLearn at her side, of course! ‘Teaching secondary modern foreign languages, Take your teaching online, History as commemoration, Roaring twenties? Europe in the interwar period, and The Holocaust are courses which helped me shape the new ideas for my future,’ Sara told us....
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The Tulsa Race Massacre
Society, Politics & Law

The Tulsa Race Massacre

...psychological and financial, such as the moral injury to survivors, and loss of wealth. The Tulsa Race Massacre was triggered when Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old African American man, was arrested for pulling the arm of a 17-year-old white woman, Sarah Page, in an elevator. Page, who possibly was Rowland’s girlfriend, was not physically injured. However, a subsequent...
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Ambiguous loss: what it is and why is it important?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ambiguous loss: what it is and why is it important?

...psychologically absent due to being at an advanced stage of dementia or a neurological disorder. A common theme in ambiguous loss situations is a lack of clarity which leads to a disorientating sense of not knowing where you stand. This can be as a result of the conflict between a strong and profound sense of loss and an equally strong and profound sense of hope. But it...
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