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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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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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Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...children and young people’s mental health, with blogs and specific information about racism and mental health. https://youngminds.org.uk/ Regional SCOTLAND Edinburgh Score Scotland Score Scotland serves communities in the West of Edinburgh, providing communities with advice and information, advocacy and representation for people experiencing racial discrimination, abuse...
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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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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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Arnold Circus, London: social housing for the 'deserving poor'
Society, Politics & Law

Arnold Circus, London: social housing for the 'deserving poor'

...children, and, sometimes, both grandparents, all in one single room of ten to twelve square feet, where they eat, sleep and work.’ English text of Engels' Condition of the Working Class in England , 1845. To remedy what Engels described as ‘a mass of helplessness and misery’, London County Council cleared the slum and built Arnold Circus. Unfortunately, the original...
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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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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs