by | Mar 8, 2017 | Education, Mathematics, Spatial ability, Twin and Adoption Studies
Good spatial skills are very important for our every-day life, from finding our way around the city to assembling flat-packed furniture. Furthermore, good spatial skills have been linked to success in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)... 
by | Oct 7, 2016 | Education, Learning Difficulties, Twin and Adoption Studies
The Psychological sciences (and many other disciplines as well) are suffering a so called “replication” crisis. The problem is that many reported scientific findings do not replicate when other research groups try to redo the study. For example, an attempt to test... 
by | Sep 21, 2016 | Education, Learning Difficulties, Twin and Adoption Studies
Understanding why some children naturally excel at school while others struggle – and working out what to do about it – is a major goal in many areas of research. Previous studies have shown that genetics plays a big role in these differences but, of course,... 
