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Neurodivergence and birth trauma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and birth trauma

...children. People often wonder about what causes neurodiversity. While neurodivergence can be hereditary, it can also be caused by or correlated with environmental factors. One area of research that is currently developing is that of understanding links between ‘brain-altering experiences’ and a child’s development of a neurodivergent condition. Brain-altering...
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How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK
History & The Arts

How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK

...Centre, a charity in Leicester. Before each film, Dr John Maiden will provide some background information about these organisations and the contexts in which they work. The Corrymeela Community The Corrymeela Community was founded in 1965 by a Presbyterian minister, Ray Davey, and his wife Kathleen. It has been working to promote reconciliation on the island of Ireland,...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...researcher writes: ‘If cultural theorists want to understand how Black women and girls view their worlds, it is essential to understand why hair matters to them’ (Bank, 2004). For the vast majority of Black women and girls, hair is not just hair; it contains emotive qualities that are linked to one’s lived experience and identification. Historically, hair has held...
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Verbal fluency
Health, Sports & Psychology

Verbal fluency

...research that shows that different parts of the brain are involved in these two different tasks. Age is clearly a significant factor that affects performance; younger children tend to be less fluent than older children and adults. This has a lot to do with how many words are in a person’s vocabulary. One important aspect of verbal fluency is having a large vocabulary of...
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What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...researcher explains how prairie dogs appear to have developed strategies to keep alert in noisier environments - but there might be a downside...In today’s busy online world, our brain’s are constantly stimulated by an onslaught of information. When faced with distractions such as ringing phones, noisy colleagues and floods of incoming emails, focusing on a complex...
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Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...research, the Sands United team was often described as a close-knit one. Training nights, charity match games, and social media groups allowed players to share their experiences. They had support from professional football teams who provided the use of changing rooms and enabled the Sands logo to be displayed – this reinforced a sense of community for the men. Despite...
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Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...research articles to support your learning. While you will see that the majority of the research into resilience in sport has been completed in elite sport, you will reflect that it is a concept that impacts across all levels of sport, in different athletic contexts. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E312 Athletic development: a...
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We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...children. Children naturally interact with dolls, imagining them to be sentient beings. It’s a part of childhood. But I’m an adult, for God’s sake. I should have put away such responses to dolls… shouldn’t I? [Riba is a medical robot that is intended to help nurses carrying the patients.] RIBA is a robot designed to help medical staff carry patients. It's also...
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