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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...physically changing our brain structure and function. So, what is it about technology that is making many of us anxious and stressed? Here are what we think are the top 5 stressors: 1:Perpetual Distraction The persistent beeping, vibrating and flashing of notifications means that we are constantly distracted and driven to interrupt what we are doing to check our phones....
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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...physical punishment, and treat their children in ways that have seemed very harsh to outsiders. The Beng: Arrivals from a spirit world In other cases, ideas about children are radically different. For example, the Beng, a small ethnic group in West Africa, assume that very young children know and understand everything that is said to them, in whatever language they are...
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn

...physics, chemistry and music older PDFs and Word documents, which may not be fully accessible to screen reader software some text and interface components (for example search boxes, check boxes), which do not provide enough colour contrast some online forms, which are not set up correctly to include helpful direction for screen reader users. We aim to provide accessible...
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The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
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The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation

...physical reflex that can be experienced whether or not an individual is expecting it. Also, the surprise response tends to be longer than the experience of the startle reflex (Ekman et al., 1985). Startle effect: the amygdala hijack The startle reflex is an uncontrollable and automatic response to a sudden, intense stimulus (Field et al., 2015) which is accompanied by an...
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What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...physical and sensory therapies. I struggled to manage my caring role during my third year of university, as my parents were unwell. My sister’s autism meant she followed a strict daily routine but this clashed with my studies and made it difficult for me to attend university lectures. As I had little time to look after myself my wellbeing was also affected. I started to...
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Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...physical acuity (drawing, hand–eye coordination, etc.). Some extrinsic aptitudes are: developing powers of description and analysis; extending intercultural awareness (icons, practices, symbols); planning and executing art projects; developing and supporting arguments and viewpoints; collaborative peer working, self-directed learning. Please now consider Activity 1....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...physical characteristics if they are required for the job willingness to travel team-building or administrative skills. Job descriptions and person specifications can be used for job advertisements, interviews and any other recruitment and selection procedures that might be used (for example, psychometric testing). Activity 2 Where the project manager has had little or no...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...physical quantity of interest is length (it may be the diameter of an object or its distance from us). Units, numbers and physical quantities Much of astronomy concerns quantities such as distances, masses, temperatures, etc. In all of these cases, units of measurement are important. Physical quantities are generally the result of multiplying together a number and a unit...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs