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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...physical education classes have a detectable impact on weight among children, perhaps because these substitute alternative forms of physical activity. But enabling children to do physical exercise is a good thing in itself, irrespective of the effect it might have on weight. Infrastructure Geraint Johnes, professor of economics, Lancaster University The Chancellor’s...
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A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (World Health Organization, 1946). The biomedical model of health was expanded by a more holistic approach to health known as the biopsychosocial model (Engel, 1977). The biopsychosocial model states that one is healthy if they are biologically healthy, psychologically healthy and...
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Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?

...physical sports played in schools. Head injuries and concussions pose a serious threat to the welfare of young players. And research has shown that at youth level, on average between one and two players from each team will suffer a concussion every season. This is significantly higher than other contact sports such as ice hockey and American football. The fears around...
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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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