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Writer, chartered psychologist, semi-ex-teacher. Slower than average runner. Writing (another) book about learning for Routledge. Leeds, UK theemotionallearner.com
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Trump is a convicted felon, while Netanyahu is on trial for corruption. What a double act. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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So far, the anti-war President is doing a pretty piss-poor job.

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I'm currently looking into writing something on the importance of imagination to learning. Here's an interesting article I came across on how the brain distinguishes what is real and what is imagined (paywalled). www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Just how fucked is the US? www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

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If you're interested in the science of learning, I have a substack (of course I do). And it's free. dynamiclearning.substack.com

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The surge in applications at the start of 2025 made that the highest number for any quarter on record. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Many neuroscientists in the replies seem to be on the fence about or decidedly against this (imo true) claim. How about philosophers of #cogsci? #philsky

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

Here is a new, shorter version of our mental imagery survey. Please if you can spare a few minutes we would appreciate if you could take this & pass it along to others who might be interested. Thanks! tstbl.co/763-452 #neuroskyence #visionscience #psychscisky #aphantasia #mentalimagery

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Interleaving is a powerful learning technique, but easy to get wrong. There seems to be quite of bit misunderstanding and some misinformation about how it works and when to use it. Here I try to clear it up a bit. #education theemotionallearner.com/2024/11/25/t...

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Attentional control theory can work as an adjunct to cognitive load theory to explain why anxious learners perform less well than their less anxious peers. #learning #psychology dynamiclearning.substack.com/p/anxious-le...

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If you're interested in the science of learning, I have a substack (of course I do). And it's free. dynamiclearning.substack.com

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What can cognitive load theory tell us about the impact of anxiety on learning? theemotionallearner.com/2025/04/30/a...

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Obviously no sympathy for this guy who's actions have shocked our community. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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High-fat, high-sugar diets impact cognitive function. It is likely effects centre on the hippocampus, the brain structure important for spatial navigation and memory formation, rather than acting across the entire brain. www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

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What a load of old bollocks. Addressing reporters at the White House on Wednesday, treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the latest changes in Donald Trump’s tariffs policy was Trump’s “strategy all along.”

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I'm actually baffled by the fact that one man wields so much power that he can crash the world economy in just a couple of days - and there doesn't appear to be any way to stop him.

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Not even penguins are safe from the orange felon! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Quelle surprise www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

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No Go Zone www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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UK revises travel advice for its citizens travelling to the United States. Best advice is probably to stay clear of it entirely. www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...

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Chumbawamba with Credit to the Nation. Saw them perform this live in '93. Didn't think it would sound so much like a rallying cry in 2025! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXLx...

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Seems like a good moment for a bit of Chumbawamba. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkP...

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

You really couldn't make this shit up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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I'm generally in favour of Trump's state visit to the UK, but only if he has to explain his plans for the annexation of Canada to the LITERAL KING OF CANADA! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Well, that was an emotional ride!

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Isn't that how maps work?

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Social Darwinism in action

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

Slovakia 🇸🇰✊

submitted 110 days ago • 16 comments

Hey, American friends, why aren’t you out on the streets, breaking shit?

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The dollar is at risk of losing its traditional status as a safe haven for global investors following a tariff backlash, a European banking giant has warned. www.cityam.com/dollar-risks...

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I've written a weekly parenting column for ~7 years. I studiously avoid dispensing advice, barring this eternal truth: anyone who says we're mollycoddling today's kids is engaged in a con as old as time. On the sadly booming business for tedious strictness scolds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Yes www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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The Orange Felon wants a Nobel Peace Prize, but it looks like Starmer might have the upper hand now in helping broker a peace deal. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Zelenskyy meeting the King tomorrow. That'll piss off Trump! www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family...

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

If the UK introduced a wealth tax, it could potentially generate 22 billion pounds annually, more than enough to cover the announced rise in defence spending. But no, we're taking it from the foreign aid budget (that doesn't even cover it). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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No! Half of Gen Z don't support a dictatorship! theconversation.com/only-6-of-ge...

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AP and Reuters not at the meeting. But TASS was! Perhaps my US friends need to brush up on their Russian! www.reuters.com/world/russia...

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JD Vance, eh? What a piece of shit. He's that little fucker in the playground who cheers on the bully.

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Learn your words, guys. Bringing back the dead isn't illegal, it's the other necro thing that you want to stay clear of! tribune.com.pk/story/253074...

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The US siding with Russia and North Korea. What a difference a few weeks make. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Seriously guys? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The UK left continues to eat itself. No wonder the right on the rise. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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During the pandemic it did seem that there were suddenly an awful lot of virology experts... ones who didn’t appear to have any training or experience in virology. Why we're not as smart as we think we are. #psychology #learning brainburps.substack.com/p/youre-not-...

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Prior learning has long been known to have a major positive impact on current and future outcomes. But it's not all good. Sometimes prior knowledge can actively derail learning. theemotionallearner.com/2024/12/30/w...

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"It's about trying to make white people feel victimised on the basis of their race in order to further the far-right's agenda. "What is that, if not a form of snowflakery?" Ash Sarkar tells Lewis Goodall about her new book, Minority Rule articles.globalplayer.com/7giHhfcW5Nfo...

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