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Investigating Psychology Interactive
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating Psychology Interactive

...researchers. Note 1: some information given here about Hans Asperger and Asperger syndrome is now out of date. You can find more current information in Week 1 of our badged course Understanding autism. Note 2: the dates included in this interactive are relevant to a key moment in the individual's career and not necessarily their date of birth. Instructions View...
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Activity 15 mins
Darwin and Evolution
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Evolution

...Research on sparrows show how particular characteristics are linked to success at surviving in the wild, and the selective breeding of dogs for aesthetic purposes shows how humans can influence the evolution of other species. This material forms part of The Open University course S366 Evolution... Darwin and Evolution A short introduction to this album. Shared ancestries...
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Audio 13 mins
Islam in the West
History & The Arts

Islam in the West

...western readings of Islam are proving so influential in the Muslim community Freedom of speech A research scientist talks about her experiences after 9/11. Criticism of faith Why Muslims reacted to the satanic verses in the manner that they did. Dual loyalty of Muslims Tariq Ramadan on the issue of dual loyalty of Muslims, to the Muslim Imam and to the non-Muslim state....
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Audio 24 mins
The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...research and family life. Fifty years after his discovery of mauve, he was knighted for his contribution to the British chemical industry. His achievement was not just the discovery of the dye but its development and exploitation. Perkin showed that: Chemical research can give rise to useful and valuable materials. It’s possible to produce specialised chemicals on a...
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Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...Research Fellow in AstrobiologyOU. His research focuses on the potential habitability of the deep oceans of the ice-covered moons of the outer solar system. He discussed his career path and work with Ann Grand, Lecturer in Astrobiology Education...‘Astrobiology’ isn’t a subject you can study at school. Can you tell me a little bit about your journey to astrobiology...
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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...research simply hasn’t been able to catch up, which means it’s hard to know the long-term impact on young brains of being exposed to tablets and smartphones. The concern among some experts is that these devices, if used in particular ways, could be changing children’s brains for the worse – potentially affecting their attention, motor control, language skills and...
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What can lucid dreaming teach us about consciousness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can lucid dreaming teach us about consciousness?

...researchers have to decipher when a lucid dream is happening so that they can compare brain activity during the lucid dream with that of non-lucid dreaming. Ingenious studies examining this have devised a communication code between lucid dreamer participants and researchers during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, when dreaming typically takes place. Before going to sleep,...
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Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions
Languages

Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions

...research project about how a group of Arabic-English bilingual sojourners in the UK manage their use of two languages in their everyday interactions. Let me begin by explaining ‘code-switching’. Code-switching is the practice of going back and forth between two or more languages or dialects, and using them in the same sentence or conversation. This is something my...
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