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Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
Society, Politics & Law

Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?

...circulation of pejorative or reactionary statements that would not satisfy the editorial restrictions of more formal media outlets. However, in our study blogs and comments also offered a platform for objecting to the socially conservative interpretations of the research that dominated the traditional press. These online spaces were critical in facilitating more nuanced...
The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...circulate better and bring oxygen and nutrients, including glucose, in a regular way to our muscles, organs, tissues and especially to our brain. Exercise improves our mood and both physical and mental health and wellbeing. The more regular our exercise is, the more of an effect it has on our physical and mental health and wellbeing. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic of...
How to age well while self-isolating
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to age well while self-isolating

...circulating. Good hydration (drinking plenty) and regular physical activity are very important in that respect. Physical activity does not always mean running, swimming or going to the gym. Being physically active means that we take every opportunity to exercise (keep in motion) at an optimal level. You may wish to check with your healthcare provider about what the...
Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?

...et al., 2009) have shown that the rate of psychotic disorders can be as much as four times greater in the poorer households compared to those that are better off, whilst rates of anxiety and depression can be twice as great in the lower income households. There is still much debate about the contribution of biological, psychological and social factors to mental health and...
The psychological benefits of multilingualism
Languages

The psychological benefits of multilingualism

...et al. 2010; Tang, Yin, and Nelson 2010; Lee, Gettman, and Swanson 2013). Due to their multilingual skills and language-learning experiences, polyglots are thus more likely to be in control and at ease when faced with the wide range of issues that life will throw at them. They are also likely to perform well in cross-cultural settings as they value diversity and are able...
What does the anatomy of World records reveal?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does the anatomy of World records reveal?

...doubled to 205 nations. As more nations begin to take top level sport seriously the talent and gene pool of those with exceptional physiology that may allow them to excel is being expanded to populations of people that weren't previously competing at all. Think of how standards in some sport have risen with the arrival of East African nations in the 1960-80s, China in the...
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...double decker buses, tents, tree houses and caravans to deck out as school libraries, as well as garden sheds, boats, baths and sofas to enrich classroom reading areas. These physical spaces overtly indicate to parents, governors, Ofsted inspectors and the children that the school values reading, but is this institutional demonstration enough? Reading for pleasure is more...
How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...double price of smashed hopes at home, and death and corruption in Vietnam.” King concluded with the famous words on “the fierce urgency of now,” by which he emphasized the immediacy of the connection between economic injustice and racial inequality. The radical King King’s “I Have a Dream,” speech at the March on Washington in August 1963 serves as the...