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Imagine this: you’re back in school, your teacher is pacing the classroom handing back marked exams, and places yours on your desk. In big red letters, you see the word: FAIL. How do you feel? Perhaps you want to hide Continue reading Untangling the link between school achievement and mental health: What part do your genes play?
Why study coloured backgrounds and dyslexia? Imagine struggling to write a shopping list or enjoy a good book! Unfortunately, completing these everyday tasks is a challenge for many people. In fact, roughly 15% of the nation (Moats & Dakin, 2020) suffers from Continue reading The (in)effectiveness of yellow backgrounds in treating dyslexia.
“I feel pressure”. “I feel lost”. “I feel like the world is changing”. When a patient is referred to the NHS for treatment of psychosis, it becomes protocol to slap on a diagnosis: Acute psychotic disorder (F23). But what does Continue reading Psychotic Disorders: The Plurality of Lived Experience and How to Target Intervention Programmes
“I find it very difficult to understand what’s happened to me” (Gabe, 65) Gabe, like many survivors of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), experience difficulty in coming to terms with his injury and its life-altering impacts. ABI is an umbrella term Continue reading Life after Brain Injury: The Power of Acceptance and Knowledge
In 2023, the resale price for a ticket to the sold-out Carabao Cup final went over £1000. But why would people pay so much when they could watch the match at home with a Sky Sports subscription for around £40 Continue reading Psychology in live performances (and sports): people around us makes it different.
Summary: We show that brain regions processing sound inputs in hearing people are used for processing non-auditory inputs in deaf people. These regions of the auditory cortex are involved in the processing of “working memory” in deaf individuals, a more Continue reading What deaf people use their “auditory” brain regions for: A study of non-auditory cognition in deafness.