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• Professor Geoffrey Pullum comments on the use of the word 'slash' as a conjunction

  Pullum, G. K.

  1/05/13

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Dr Thomas Bak finds that speaking more than one language may delay onset of dementia

  Bak, T.

  10/10/14

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Follow on from research by Dr Alan Gow into how exercise helps keep elderly brains healthy

  Gow, A.

  6/01/13

  3 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Tim Bates suggests that Christians have a lower IQ than non-religious people

  Bates, T.

  11/09/11

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• Sergio Della Sala comments on dichotomy between science and selling

  Della Sala, S.

  24/08/15

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• Interview with Professor Bates on new report recommending neuroscience play a bigger role in education policy

  Bates, T.

  24/02/11

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• Prof Sergio Della Sala comments on practise of mirror writing for victims of stroke

  Della Sala, S.

  12/11/14

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• Expert comment on challenge of finding 'intelligence' genes

  Deary, I.

  19/09/10

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• Research into speed dating

  Lenton, A.

  11/04/11

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Study from 2012 by Dr Alan Gow suggesting exercise helps keep elderly brains healthy is highlighted

  Gow, A.

  16/12/14

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• Professor Sergio Della Sala says schools should look at data when considering new teaching tools

  Della Sala, S.

  24/05/13

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Reference to research by Dr Alan Gow suggesting exercise helps keep elderly brains healthy

  Gow, A.

  3/07/13

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Prof Ian Deary (Psychology) welcomes participants back to Edinburgh for aging study 70 years on

  Deary, I.

  3/06/17

  4 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Ian Deary's explores aging and its effect on mental agility

  Deary, I.

  18/11/14

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• Comment by Colwyn Trevarthen on the psychological reasons for humans' 3 second patterns

  28/01/11

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• Dr Adam Moore probes psychology of whisky drinking

  Moore, A.

  8/07/16

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• Happiness makes orang-utans and humans live longer, says psychologist Alex Weiss

  Weiss, A.

  29/06/11

  21 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Ian Deary says genes that influence people’s health also shape how they think

  Deary, I.

  27/01/16

  38 items of Media coverage

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• Dr Caroline Watt discusses the causes of dreams

  Watt, C.

  27/03/12

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• Reference to research by professor Timothy Bates, suggesting a high literacy standard in childhood leads to better paying careers

  Bates, T.

  19/10/13

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Prof Antonella Sorace says people who speak more than one language may be better at doing business than people who speak one language

  Sorace, A.

  2/12/15

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• Prof Ian Deary reveals puzzling facts of brain skills

  Deary, I.

  28/04/14

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Geoffrey Pullum comments on how politicians make insincere apologies using “the passive voice”

  Pullum, G. K.

  9/08/14

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Prof Stuart Ritchie says reading ability as child can determine intelligence later in life

  Ritchie, S.

  23/02/16

  2 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Andy Clark (Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences) discusses science in everyday life

  Clark, A.

  9/01/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Prof Robert Logie says effectiveness of visual cues in learning is unclear

  Logie, R.

  3/03/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Marieka Cassia Gartner and Dr Alex Weiss study links between cats and their owners' behaviour

  Weiss, A.

  17/01/13

  3 items of Media coverage

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• Prof Geoff Pullum (PPLS) comments on way Star Wars character Yoda structures his sentences

  Pullum, G. K.

  18/12/15

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Prof Thomas Bak (Linguistics) says new challenges help keep dementia at bay

  Bak, T.

  1/02/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Clever children enjoy better mental health in old age, says Professor Ian Deary

  Deary, I.

  5/06/13

  8 items of Media coverage

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• Intelligence is partly down to genes, says Prof Ian Deary

  Deary, I.

  9/08/11

  176 items of Media coverage

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• Dr Alexa Morcom comments on how memory worsens in our 40s

  Morcom, A.

  15/01/16

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Stuart Ritchie (Psychology) welcomes study that links genes to intelligence

  Ritchie, S.

  22/05/17

  6 items of Media coverage

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• Sergio Della Sala says neurolinguistic programming as a science does not exist

  Della Sala, S.

  4/02/14

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Professor Sorace to give talk on benefits of being bilingual and multilingual

  Sorace, A.

  13/01/11

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Chris Cummins offers expert analysis of family law

  Cummins, C.

  30/09/16

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Dr Caroline Watt finds that near-death experiences are a trick of the mind

  Watt, C.

  29/10/11

  60 items of Media coverage

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• Dr Alison Lenton launches the Daily Self phone app

  Lenton, A.

  25/05/12

  7 items of Media coverage

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• Professor John Joseph comments on swearing habits on Twitter

  Joseph, J. E.

  8/11/13

  4 items of Media coverage

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• Dr Steve Loughnan examines the psychology of meat-eating by humans

  Loughnan, S.

  1/03/12

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Prof Ian Deary says genes may explain why some people stay sharper in later life

  Deary, I.

  19/05/15

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Dr Joanna Kopaczyk discusses the Scottish migration to early modern Poland and Lithuania, and the Scots language of the period

  Kopaczyk, J.

  18/09/13

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Dr Stuart Ritchie's 2014 study showing early reading skills are linked to later intelligence is mentioned

  Ritchie, S.

  2/01/16

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Professor John Joseph examines the wording of the Scottish referendum question

  Joseph, J. E.

  29/01/12

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Dr Caroline Watt hosts paranormal science show as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

  Watt, C.

  4/08/15

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Timothy Bates says children with good-looking parents are more likely to be good looking themselves

  Bates, T.

  27/11/13

  5 items of Media coverage

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• Professor Antonella Sorace comments on high number of applicants for Edinburgh's first Gaelic school

  Sorace, A.

  29/06/13

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Genetic factors play role in how intelligence changes as we age, says Professor Ian Deary

  Deary, I.

  18/01/12

  67 items of Media coverage

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• Dr Lars Penke leads research into the advantages of being shy

  Penke, L.

  24/06/13

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Josef Fruehwald (Linguistics) comments on difference in use of “um” and “uh”

  Fruehwald, J.

  8/02/15

  1 item of Media coverage

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