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Plymouth High's Psychology Twitter feed: Mainly re-tweeting research of interest with a hint of exam orientated content too. (All opinions are the authors)

[psychphsg💙 @psychphsg.bsky.social @PsychPhsg]

@ReevTrev @AQA It will be fine. Examiners have to mark anything relevant and annotate it clearly on your paper to show they’ve credited it.

[psychphsg💙 @psychphsg.bsky.social @PsychPhsg]

@AssaadRazzouk Hi Assaad, can you join bskysocial please, I need positive climate news in that feed. thanks

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Your attention span isn’t fixed. It increases with practice.

Evidence: After 20min sessions solving cognitively challenging problems (10-20hrs total), students show significant gains in sustained focus and test scores.

Like physical stamina, mental stamina requires exercise.

[psychphsg💙 @psychphsg.bsky.social @PsychPhsg]

@ChrisWokeyson Chris can you start on Bsky social as well?

[Dr Karl @DoctorKarl]

" lucid dreams, eg immersed in an experience, then something seems “off,” and you realize you are actually dreaming. Often people wake up right after they become lucid, but with practice you can learn how to remain lucid and try to direct what happens."
https://t.co/aDnmZSs4nf

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The San peoples, aka the "Bushmen", are various indigenous hunter-gatherer groups of Southern Africa

Two of them, with only a stick, demonstrate how humans can keep wildlife under control even without technology.

[PsyPost.org @PsyPost]

Study finds Camembert cheese compounds improve memory and learning https://t.co/ZX3BIQ744b

[Matt Walker @sleepdiplomat]

Want to learn something new FASTER? 🤔 Research shows that quizzing yourself BEFORE learning can actually improve memory! 🤯 This "pre-testing effect" helps your brain focus on the right answers. Thoughts? #brainhacks #learningtips

[The Psychologist @psychmag]

…Also, little known fact - along with @newscientist we basically invented nominative determinism…

[PsyPost.org @PsyPost]

VR-based biofeedback effectively reduces depression and anxiety symptoms, matching conventional methods while enhancing user engagement through immersive environments, with potential for broader psychological and therapeutic benefits. https://t.co/KnI77tjEWf

[BPS Research Digest @ResearchDigest]

New randomised control trial illustrates the effects of vitamin D supplementation on Major Depressive Disorder, and finds possible neural explanation: https://t.co/6KJDj9u9Um

[IFLScience @IFLScience]

Newly Approved Schizophrenia Drug Could Eventually Treat Alzeimer’s-Related Psychosis
https://t.co/FzmwCvHSS7

[richard shotton @rshotton]

Adrian North has repeatedly shown that playing classical music in store boosts average spend

This is just one of the studies I look at in my latest @MediaCatMag article - it's about all the ways marketers can use music to their advantage
https://t.co/9xASv9Vn7h

[Parmita Mishra @parmita]

"Our results reveal that whenever handwriting movements are included as a learning strategy, more of the brain gets stimulated, resulting in the formation of more complex neural network connectivity...typewriting do[es] not activate...networks the same way that handwriting does."

[BPS Research Digest @ResearchDigest]

Students who feel they don’t grasp material are often more hesitant to use certain highly effective learning strategies - but the right framing could help them overcome those nerves: https://t.co/vJaOy0Qpg4

[Daniel Willingham @DTWillingham]

New intervention study in 17-29 year olds with elevated psychopathology symptoms : "Using social media differently and abstaining from social media may each benefit well-being." https://t.co/qWVvRPhARC

[PsyPost.org @PsyPost]

Recent research found a significant decline over 20 years in people’s willingness to stand out, defend beliefs publicly, and break social norms, suggesting increased self-censorship and concern about social judgment. https://t.co/qHCM4uV12Y

[Shawn Harris for Congress @ShawnForGeorgia]

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[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

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[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

One thing we hear over and over again is that we should be teaching creativity in schools. We also often assume that certain people are just more creative than others. What is the evidence for this? A new paper examined fifty years of research. Thread ⬇️ 🧵

This paper asks a basic question: are some people simply born more creative, regardless of the subject or field and if so, what does this mean for education? this idea, known as the "domain-general hypothesis", suggests that a person with a high level of general creativity could excel in any creative task they pursue.
The article questions whether we should be testing for this general creative ability, if we should teach it and whether "general creativity" is even a thing.