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If there’s no spectrum of colours, is the result white noise?
Times Higher Education: The study of prejudice and discrimination has been one of the cornerstones of social psychology since the 1950s. But new research suggests that as well as studying discrimination, social psychologists may engage
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Studies Link Students’ Boredom to Stress
Education Week: One glance, and any teacher knows the score: That student, halfway down the row, staring blankly at his tapping pen, fidgeting, sneaking glances at the wall clock roughly every 30 seconds, is practically
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Investigadores completan una definición precisa sobre el aburrimiento (a precise definition of boredom)
ABC España: Investigadores canadienses han conseguido un nuevo estudio que revela con mayor precisión el proceso mental que produce el aburrimeinto. Según una nota de prensa de la Universidad de Guelph, muchas personas ven el
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What Makes Self-Directed Learning Effective?
In recent years, educators have come to focus more and more on the importance of lab-based experimentation, hands-on participation, student-led inquiry, and the use of “manipulables” in the classroom. The underlying rationale seems to be
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Why We Get Bored
NBC: Scientists are taking on boredom. No, they aren’t working on a cure just yet, but they have written a new definition of boredom and outlined the mental processes behind ennui. The researchers, led by
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Why we get bored
Fox News: Scientists are taking on boredom. No, they aren’t working on a cure just yet, but they have written a new definition of boredom and outlined the mental processes behind ennui. The researchers, led
