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Science that makes you laugh and then makes you think

June 27, 2017June 20, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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Every September, a special event takes place at Harvard University. Scientists gather in the Sanders Theatre for the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. If you haven’t come across this before then check it out. The Ig Nobels are like real Nobel prizes except that they are given to science that makes you laugh and then makes you think. At […]

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Learning myths debunked

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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I met Professor Bruce Hood at the Independent Schools Association conference more than a year ago, where he spoke about the prevailing mythology surrounding the neuroscience of learning. His desire to debunk those myths was matched by his enthusiasm for getting university researchers into schools to share latest research findings in all areas of learning.  He has established […]

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Some skepticism about neuroscience

July 15, 2013Cara Flanagan 1 Comment

Just in case you haven’t heard about the dead fish in the MRI scanner … some scientists amused the world when they put a dead salmon in an fMRI scanner and found evidence of brain activity (see Bennett and Baird’s research here or  here ). This has cast some doubt on the validity of brain scanning results. […]

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