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Cognitive Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

...central psychological question The difficulties of explaining consciousness scientifically. The evolution of consciousness Are animals conscious? Can we produce conscious machines? Consciousness: a first person experience Could we programme consciousness into a computer? Are there varying degrees of consciousness? Consciousness and experience The link between experience,...
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Indian Raga Music
History & The Arts

Indian Raga Music

...central to the existence of Raga. Each instrument is broken down into the individual sounds that make up the intricate compositions. Performances on all three complete this introduction to the fascinating sound of Raga. This material is drawn from The Open University course AA317, Words and music... Indian Raga Music A short introduction to this album The Tabla Musician...
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Audio 19 mins
The City: The Roman and Greek Cities
History & The Arts

The City: The Roman and Greek Cities

...central to both the Roman and the Greek sense of identity...[A castle on the Tiber] Virgil’s story of the Roman people started with the fall of a Greek city, Troy, and reaches its narrative climax with the foundation of another city, Rome. This was only one of a number of quasi-mythical explanations of Rome’s foundation, but when Romans considered their past they...
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Article 5 mins
A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...central importance in the realm of Irish politics as the repository of cultural survival and rural ideals which were fundamental to Irish nationalism, statehood and independence. The Irish Folklore Commission, set up in 1935, collected stories extensively from local people in the West of Ireland, especially from Irish speaking areas. The older people especially, were seen...
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Black Blue Plaques
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Black Blue Plaques

...central London, it won’t be long before you catch sight of a Blue Plaque on the outside of a building. There are thousands of them dotted around the city today, commemorating famous people and the buildings with which they had an association. Over the century and a half since the scheme started, however, the idea of ‘heritage’ that these plaques tend to represent...
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Video 5 mins
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...central position in debates about past trends and possible futures. Three main political models have been proposed for the future of the EC, and each of course has to give an account of the regions. What is a model? Well, it is a simplified picture of more complex developments, showing their most important features. For instance, in debates about the EU's ‘democratic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP

...Central, introduces the study through this video, and encourages people to learn more about the project or to get involved. For further information, please visit www.generationstudy.co.uk. Transcript The GRACE (Genetics Research Awareness via Community Engagement) project is supporting the Generation Study. To find out more about the GRACE project and its efforts to...
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Video 5 mins
Fossil Detectives
Science, Maths & Technology

Fossil Detectives

...central England programme. Dinosaur excavation Hermonie focusses on the work of Gideon Mantell and shows a clip of her on a dinosaur excovation from the South of England programme. The West Runton Elephant Story Hermonie discusses the ice age, meeting David Attenborough, and the West Runton elephant. Microfossils and the Ichtyosaur Hermonie looks at the contrast between...
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