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Tearful university student says she’s ‘exhausted and drained’ after paying £9,250 for her psychology course but gets ‘zero’ support from lecturers amid the pandemic – and claims nearly ALL UK students feels the same Kiera gave a candid insight into the current state of support at UK universities She said students had been left to … Read more
What do a pineapple, a cucumber and a space invader have in common? For most of us, nothing at all. But for the Duchess of Cambridge, these are three of her most commonly used emojis. During a video which was shared to the Kensington Palace Instagram this week, Kate Middleton showed viewers her iPhone screen, … Read more
Motivation to learn new things and engage with life declines with age due to falling activity in a brain circuit that weighs costs and benefits, a study on mice suggested. US experts have been studying ‘striosomes’ — clusters of cells in the basal ganglia, a brain area linked to habit formation, movement control, emotion and … Read more
‘Get up and go’ starts to fail at the age of 54 as that’s when we lose our motivation to get off the couch and try new things, study finds A Norwegian expert polled 917 people aged 14–77 about their passion and grit He found these factors are strongly correlated in early life, especially in boys After … Read more
‘Get up and go’ starts to fail at the age of 54 as that’s when we lose our motivation to get off the couch and try new things, study finds A Norwegian expert polled 917 people aged 14–77 about their passion and grit He found these factors are strongly correlated in early life, especially in boys After … Read more
Life in plastic: Playing with dolls helps children develop empathy and social skills, study shows Experts scanned the brains of girls and boys as they played pretend with dolls They compared both solo and social play — along with video game play instead Social play and doll play both activated the posterior superior temporal sulcus This … Read more