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  • Task, person, and experiential characteristics drive the transfer of learning

  • Barnett, S. M. & Ceci, S. J. When and where do we apply what we learn?: a taxonomy for far transfer. Psychol. Bull. 128, 612–637 (2002).

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  • Druckman, D. & Bjork, R. A. Learning, Remembering,…

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  • Psychological and cognitive-emotional moderators of suicidal ideation and self-harm in young adults

  • World Health Organization. Mental Health of Adolescents (2024). https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-mental-health

  • World Health Organisation. Suicide a leading cause of death among young adults in high-income countries

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  • Why Middle-Aged Americans Can’t Find Happiness

    Why Middle-Aged Americans Can’t Find Happiness

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    Middle-aged adults are the glue and the gears of modern society. They keep…

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  • 'Holiday mode': Why our green habits vanish on vacation

    'Holiday mode': Why our green habits vanish on vacation

    Being in “holiday mode” makes tourists less environmentally responsible, according to a recent University of Queensland study. Researchers found that while tourists’ core environmental values don’t change, traveling can activate a “vacation place…

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  • Residents from strongly blue or red counties favor like-minded destinations for everyday travel, analysis finds

    Residents from strongly blue or red counties favor like-minded destinations for everyday travel, analysis finds

    A new analysis of 471 U.S. counties has found that, for everyday travel, people from counties with particularly strong political leanings—whether liberal or conservative—are more likely to visit like-minded destinations. Zhengyi Liang and…

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  • Rocket or arugula? How a salad vegetable mapped the Italian diaspora

    Rocket or arugula? How a salad vegetable mapped the Italian diaspora

    If you watch American cooking shows, you’ve likely experienced “salad confusion.” You see a chef preparing what looks like rocket, but they call it arugula. It’s the same plant (Eruca sativa). It has the same peppery bite. So why do English…

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  • Study calls for action to combat online abuse of sportswomen

    Study calls for action to combat online abuse of sportswomen

    Stronger policies and accountability measures to safeguard women athletes online are being called for, as part of a new study on the issue focusing on the case of former footballer Joey Barton. A team from the universities of Manchester, Chester,…

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  • A few extra dollars may go a long way for survey researchers, study shows

    A few extra dollars may go a long way for survey researchers, study shows

    Survey research is an important tool for capturing public opinion. Social scientists, market researchers, policymakers and more rely on surveys to capture the big picture of the public’s perception. But the data gleaned from a survey largely…

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  • Donkeys are a common sight in northern Namibia. What colonial history has to do with it

    Donkeys are a common sight in northern Namibia. What colonial history has to do with it

    Donkeys are an unassuming yet ubiquitous presence in northern Namibia. They traverse sandy village roads, pull carts stacked with firewood, and graze freely along the northern edge of Etosha National Park.

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