LEARNING HUB

Research-led explanations of human capacity, learning and technological change. Start with the foundations, then follow the evidence and related ideas as the Learning Hub grows.

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Narrative identity

A person describes a difficult move as the beginning of independence. Years later, they tell it as a time when neighbors helped them survive. The events…

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Need to belong

A student enters a new class and finds that conversations stop when they approach. Another student has few close friends in the class but knows that one…

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Nociception

The neural encoding of noxious stimuli, why nociception is not the same as pain, and how that distinction changes clinical and everyday reasoning

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Notification design

A nurse on call needs an urgent alert. The same phone also announces a delivery offer, a game reward, and a group conversation. Each message uses the…

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NREM sleep

Sleep is not one uniform state. Across a night, a person moves through periods with different brain, eye, and muscle patterns. Non-rapid-eye-movement…

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