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Emily Farran received funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy and the Centre for Educational Neuroscience to carry out research discussed in ...

There is a lot more to shapes than knowing their names, explain Prof Emily Farran, Dr Catherine Gripton, Dr Sue Gifford and Dr Alison Borthwick It's important to use spatial language during activities ...

As I mentioned in a recent post, "Women’s Advantages in Social Cognition," we anticipate nuance in the pattern of cognitive sex differences and in the supporting brain systems. Broadly speaking, ...

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