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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...
Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs
Digital & Computing

Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs

...psychology of its canine users, these users directly participate in the development process. Assistance dogs In the following video, Dr Clara Mancini talks about the Animal-Computer Interaction team and their collaboration with the charity Dogs for the Disabled to design dog-friendly technologies which will make it easier for dogs to assist their humans in the home....
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....
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...
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...psychologically. [ever wondered, environment, terry hall, hayfield, inline] Dr Chris Spencer: The psychologists are trying to explain behaviour and I think behaviour is probably shaped not only by our genes but by our past experience, our social world and also the physical world we live in. So it’s trying to find how all of these things act together. Terry: So why do...
The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation

...psychology behind this...Aviation has many environmental pressures that personnel are exposed to daily. It is well documented and understood that working as a commercial pilot can be an extremely demanding job due to the many stressors – high workload, heavy responsibilities, time pressures, fatigue, noise, and temperature – experienced while transporting thousands of...
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...psychology and social anthropology amongst others. There is a vast, and growing, body of knowledge on the subject and a few of the main elements will be discussed in this section. Key elements of consumer behaviour include: analysis of the factors which influence behaviour. the role of motivation and attitudes. consumer behaviour models. Activity 2 Before we look at...
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For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...psychological treatments might also help or even prevent mental disorders.” In the UK, the USA, Denmark and Sweden, psychiatrists are investigating chronotherapy as a treatment for general depression. “A lot of the studies that have been done so far have been very small,” says Veale, who is currently planning a feasibility study at Maudsley Hospital in London. “We...