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How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?

...attention to rumors. In fact, conscientious voters may be well served to actively adopt a rejection strategy for their vote in order to make a choice more deliberately. Choosing to reject In a study we ran online in April, we showed people only Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the two candidates for president. Those who found at least one of them attractive were more...
From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...attention, it’s usually a calming thing to do that has some beneficial impact. The idea that the human touch can heal is something which stretches right back in time, from Bible stories about Jesus to modern day evangelical faith healing. But did you know that ‘spiritual healing’ isn’t just a religious thing? Across the UK, a number of NHS hospitals now offer...
Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...attention patterns [Female student lying on a sofa and typing on laptop] We all know that most students can’t maintain full concentration for an hour and a half without their attention wandering. That’s just not how human brains work! But for neurodivergent students, attention patterns can be much more unpredictable because they can vary day by day, or according to...
TESSA: Active Learning
Education & Development

TESSA: Active Learning

...The Maths Game Titus, the teacher, is multiplication tables. Some children are not paying attention and fail his test. Later he sees them playing a game using multiplication and asks them to teach it to the other children. TESSA - Seven Rivers in Africa Kevwe finds geography difficult but is taught a simple song to help her remember the names of seven rivers in Africa....
Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
Nature & Environment

Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

...Peake discusses how businesses have reacted to the issue of sustainability. Tensions at Rio+20 Dr Helen Yanacopulos emphasises the significance of the Rio+20 conference and how it brings attention to the issues of sustainable development and equality. Rio Roundtable Was the Rio+20 conference just another talking shop for politicians or will real good come out of it?...
Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?

...attention to multiple layers of the setting, what hopes and fears for that new mother lodged in the researcher during interviews. Alongside three interviews, in six out of a sample of 20 mothers, researchers trained in psychoanalytic observation visited mothers at home every week for over a year. They did not ask questions but observed and paid attention to their...
What is emotive language and why is it used?
History & The Arts

What is emotive language and why is it used?

...attention to the devious move in argument sometimes known as getting personal, that is, shifting attention from the point in question to some non-relevant aspect of the person making it. Calling someone's statement ad hominem in this sense is always a reproach; it involves the claim that the aspects of the arguer's personality or behaviour which have become the focus of...
Fake news in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Fake news in Wales

...attention – events such as the US presidential elections and the Brexit referendum. Misinformation refers to false information which is circulated without any explicit intention to deceive. But misinformation can also be a major problem. Misinformation refers to false information which is circulated without any explicit intention to deceive. In these cases, it’s more...