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When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

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Few traits define humanity as clearly as language. Yet, despite its central role in human evolution, determining when and how language first emerged remains a challenge. Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new genomic study, published in Frontiers in Psychology 1 , approaches the problem differently. But we don’t.

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How to Make Learning Stick

A Principal's Reflections

Emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes in humans, including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141(4), 610. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 38(4), 281-288. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1454. Fiorella, L.

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Ancient Instincts, Modern Power Struggles: How Evolution Still Shapes Human Society

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Human societies are built on layers of culture, law, and technology, yet beneath it all, some of the oldest instincts in the animal kingdom continue to shape our world. In A New Approach to Human Social Evolution 1 , neuroscientist and anthropologist Jorge A. At its core, the human brain retains an ancient architecture.

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Children as Artists: A New Perspective on Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

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By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity. The article is titled, “Children as playful artists: Integrating developmental psychology to identify children’s art in the Upper Palaeolithic.

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Aztec Death Whistles: The Neuroscience Behind Ancient Ritual Fear

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Introduction: Echoes of the Aztec Past The Aztec “death whistle,” a clay instrument often resembling a human skull, emits an unsettling scream-like sound capable of evoking terror. Participants underwent neural and psychological testing while listening to recorded whistle sounds.

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Obsessions and John Hattie

The Effortful Educator

And, just as teachers love to invest their time and efforts into the nitty gritty of teaching, they should invest in the specific details of how humans learn. however, these programs are much less likely to include an educational psychology or cognitive psychology course on memory processing and differing theories of learning.

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New psychology curriculum – concepts, content and contexts

Psychology Sorted

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a new IB Diploma psychology curriculum coming soon. All Year 1 Diploma psychology students will be studying it from September 2025. The new psychology guide won’t be published until Feb/March 2025, but teachers don’t need to wait till then to start preparing.