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Psychology department ranked joint third in the UK for research
The Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway has been placed joint third in the country by The Times Higher Education following the publication of the Research Excellence Framework 2021 results
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Imagining an action requires additional brain areas and attentional resources compared to performing the same action
Dr Marie Martel and Dr Scott Glover have published a new study that shows that imagining an action requires executive resources located in a specific brain area called the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, in support of a new theory, the Motor-Cognitive model of motor imagery.
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Language learning difficulties in children linked to brain differences
A new study using MRI has revealed structural brain changes in children with developmental language disorder (DLD), a common but under-recognised difficulty in language learning.
