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Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...physical health) concerns. (Christensen et al., 2010). Computerised therapy may not be something everyone will want to utilise, but for some people it may be more acceptable and accessible than traditional face-to-face therapy. For young people, who have been dubbed ‘digital natives’ (Stasiak et al., 2015), where computers are very much part of their day-to-day lives,...
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Beachbrains
Science, Maths & Technology

Beachbrains

...physical states that a grain of sand can be in are very few (orientation together with wet and dry spring to mind), whereas a neuron in the brain has a whole sigmoid function of possibilities. Humans think in the sun, sand just bakes. Although each grain of sand is a tiny chip of silicon, as a silicon chip it computes a big round nothing, zilch, nada; touching only its...
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Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...physical object between sender and receiver, however fleet of foot the carrier. Telegraphy has probably been with us ever since we first got the hang of making fire. It was also widespread. For example, beacons were lit on the towers of the Great Wall of China as well as the mountains of Wales (hence the name 'Brecon Beacons') to warn of invaders. The medium of fire was...
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Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness

...physical exercise, mindfulness takes practice. 3: Most of us can get really stuck in mindlessness If we are really honest with ourselves we are infrequently mindful. We are usually caught up in unhelpful patterns of thinking or are focused on things unrelated to the present moment, this is mindlessness. For instance, when it comes to meal times most of us are eating too...
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Neurodivergence and birth trauma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and birth trauma

...physical and emotional distress experienced during or after childbirth. For some people with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Cerebral palsy, their condition has been linked to their experience of birth trauma. Some of the factors and components of birth trauma are explored below. Decreased oxygen supply: Studies show...
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Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...physical measurements and documentary sources they explored the brain development of a group of neglected children. As an example of what can happen in an extreme case of sensory deprivation, Perry and Pollard published the startling images shown below. [Figure 1] Figure 1 An example of the effect of sensory deprivation on the brain These images illustrate the negative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...physical and mental wellbeing. And then the last higher order theme was directing an organisation. And that really described how the coaches work to manage the environment that they were operating within at any given time whether that be in a club setting or national centre or working for the governing body. MUSTAFA SARKAR One aspect of the study was to identify the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...physically get out of – once it takes hold, that’s it. I have strategies to try and reduce them once I feel them coming on but if its really bad then there's no stopping it and it just completely consumes you. If I move out of bed I am physically very sick. It’s like my body’s way of rejecting the anxiety, pushing it out. I can't get dressed. I can't do anything....
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs