by Robert Chapman | 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 Robert Chapman | 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 Robert Chapman | 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,... 
