I’ve researched time for 15 years – here’s how my perception of it has changed: lassedesignen/Shutterstock Time is one of those things that most of us take for granted. We spend our lives portioning it into work-time, family-time and me-time. Rarely do we sit and think about how and why we choreograph our lives through …
Why your perception of climate change threats might depend on where you live – new research: People's perceptions of the threat of climate change vary according to where they live. JaneHYork/Shutterstock Our planet has just seen its hottest month on record, with many places on fire or flooded. Few events can be directly attributed to …
UK slides in corruption perception index after series of political scandals: The UK has fallen down Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index (CPI) after a year of high-profile government scandals. The CPI is not a measure of corruption itself but a measure of how much corruption is perceived to exist across a country’s public sector. For …
Healthy eating: children think their peers eat more unhealthy snacks than they actually do – changing this perception can lead to better diets: Stock_Good/Shutterstock Obesity is a growing problem among young people in the UK. In 2020-21, 40.9% of year six children (age 10-11) were measured as overweight or obese. Research shows that childhood obesity …
How costumes in period dramas shape our perception of royalty: Our version of the present-day royals is carefully constructed and curated. Kept at bay behind a red velvet rope, we will never get a glimpse into the bedrooms and offices of regal power. That is, other than in period dramas. In film and TV dramatisations …
Coronavirus: how the pandemic has changed our perception of time: Feel like time has come to a standstill? Leszek Glasner/Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed our lives. Take something as fundamental as our experiences of space: our mobility has become severely restricted – reduced to jogs or walks a few kilometres around our homes. …
Improving with age – our perception of growing old needs some get up and go: Making waves. Shutterstock “Weak”, “sick”, “immobile”, “decrepit”, “lonely”, “depressed”. If the prospect of growing old brings thoughts like these to mind, you are not alone. It seems that many people – of all age groups – have a preconceived idea …