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‘Smart’ drugs won’t make smart people smarter
November 12 2014 It is claimed one in five students have taken the ‘smart’ drug Modafinil […]
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Tags: ‘Smart’ drugs, cognitive function, Dr Ahmed Dahir Mohamed, Hayling Sentence Completion Test, Modafinil, negative effects, neuropsychological task, PLOS one, randomised double blind study, research, School of Psychology, UNMC
Prison and probation risk assessment tool is not effective in judging re-offending
November 5 2014 A psychological risk assessment tool used by prisons and the probation service (NOMS) […]
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Tags: Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, Criminal Justice and Behaviour, Dr Ruth Tully, prisons and the probation service, Professor Kevin Browne, Professor Leam Craig, psychological risk assessment tool, reconviction, research, SARN-TNA, School of Psychology, sex offenders, Structured Assessment of Risk and Need – Treatment Needs Analysis
Research finds Malawi app ‘teaches UK children 18 months of maths in six weeks’
September 8 2014 Psychologists at The University of Nottingham have found that an app designed to […]
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Tags: BBC Click Show, computer game, Dr Nikki Pitchford, Dunkirk Primary, education, Malawi, maths app, Onebillion, primary schoolchildren, School of Psychology, tablet app
Tackling the problem of self-harm among children in care
The problem of self-harm among young people in care is to be tackled as part of […]
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Tags: Dr Ellen Townsend, health, Listen-up!, mental health, psychology, School of Psychology
Investigating ADHD in children born prematurely
Families from Nottingham are being invited to take part in a pioneering project to try to […]
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Tags: ADHD, health, medicine, premature birth, psychology, School of Psychology
Foraging for thought — new insights into our working memory
We take it for granted that our thoughts are in constant turnover. Metaphors like “stream of […]
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Tags: ADHD, autism, psychology, School of Psychology, thought, working memory
Personality clue to ‘wind turbine syndrome’
Public concern about new technology infrastructure like mobile phone masts has been shown to trigger reports […]
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Tags: engineering, School of Psychology, Social Sciences, UK Energy Research Centre, wind turbines
An energy conscious workforce — how to encourage staff to go green
As homeowners we are becoming cannier about turning down the thermostat to save our pennies and […]
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Tags: carbon footprint, Dr Alexa Spence, energy work, EPSRC, Horizon Digita Research, lightbulbs, School of Psychology, University of Southampton