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Articles on Imagination
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The future and its possibilities are something that you actively co-create with others. New research suggests that imagining together makes you closer and more connected to them in the here and now.
Audiobooks can develop children’s listening skills, expand their vocabulary and encourage independent learning.
Political scientists describe the age we are living in as “post-political”. This controversial concept refers to a noted lack of political alternatives on a global scale.
Philosophers have been debating whether we need conditioning to link information from different senses for centuries.
Some children have companions that are disobedient or even mean.
Some people have subtitles synaesthesia’ which means they see all speech appear as writing in their mind. And they only realised not everyone thinks this way when they saw a research study ad.
By learning what parts of the brain are crucial for imagination to work, neuroscientists can look back over hundreds of millions of years of evolution to figure out when it first emerged.
Maladaptive daydreaming affects about 2.5% of people.
The key to understanding online conspiracy theorists is to understand how the line between fantasy and reality can become blurred.
Science fiction books can inspire more children to become scientists if authors and illustrators do a better job of depicting characters from diverse backgrounds.
The gravity of the current situation is obscuring a less visible crisis – a failure of political imagination
The condition challenges the centuries-old idea that all great artists are able to envision what they’re drawing.
Creative problem-solving using metaphors can help us deal with the long-term anxiety and challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
Achieving a radically different tomorrow will require more than a purely technocratic approach. So now, imagine you are in the year 2050 …
How walking side by side can help to resolve conflict and improve people’s sense of connection with others.
Experiments show that children who pretend to be their favourite character persist for longer on a task than children not pretending.
These seven cli-fi novels will get you fired up for action.
Research shows that the more adults identify with exercise or physical activity, the more they engage in it.
An exciting announcement about upcoming plans – and we revisit an old favourite episode.
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Leeds
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Professor of Neuroscience, Boston University
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University
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Professor of cognitive neuroscience, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sydney
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Professor of Psychology, Wellesley College
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Associate Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Distinguished University Professor and Louis D. Beaumont University Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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L Stanton Williams 1941 Professor of American Studies and English, Amherst College
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Visiting Lecturer in Psychology, Coventry University
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in Science Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The Open University
