COVID-19 presents a social as well as a medical crisis, and we will need many different kinds of expertise to survive it
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Engineers may be able to develop new ways of opening doors or better and mass-produced face masks for the elderly.
The science of politics became popular across Europe, alongside the rise of capitalism and empire in the 19th century.
Professor Deborah Terry AO speaks of the importance of university expertise, academic freedom, university collaborations with business and international education.
Scientific articles are the way in which scientists communicate their results to their peers.
I read 60 sex advice manuals – here’s what I learnt.
Human beings seem to be born wearing rose-colored glasses. Psychologists are interested in how this bias toward the positive works in the very young – and how it fades over time.
Why experts don’t always win the argument.
Everything we know about the way experts’ brains work tells us that Mayweather is likely to win the fight.
Tom Nichols’ book The Death of Expertise examines why the relationship between experts and citizens in a democracy is collapsing, and what can be done about it.
Experts may be dismissed when they express values, offer advice or make mistakes. But these expectations are unreasonable and unhelpful.
South Africa celebrates Freedom Day this week amid growing discontent over misrule by President Zuma and the ANC. This has led to increased calls for ethical and caring leaders.
The more information you have about a subject, the more likely it is that new information will trigger associated memories.
It could be you.
Practice is important for talent. But, is that all it takes to become an expert?
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Associate Professor (hon) at the Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University
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Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University College Dublin
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Buckingham
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Bath
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Associate Professor: Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, head of the Unit for Moral Leadership, Stellenbosch University
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University of Waterloo
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Lecturer, James Cook University
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Professor of Political Communication; Director CAJ, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Buckingham