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 | Nov 23, 2016 | IVF, Twin and Adoption Studies
The study of the nature and mechanisms of child psychopathology is becoming increasingly important. It has been established that genes play an important role in the development of children’s psychopathology. At the same time research has also been focused on... 
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,... 
by Robert Chapman | Sep 21, 2016 | Twin and Adoption Studies
Approximately 20% of people in the developed world experience victimization by perpetrators of violent and nonviolent illegal behaviour each year (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2002). The best well-designed and amply funded interventions reduce antisocial... 
by Robert Chapman | Mar 1, 2016 | Twin and Adoption Studies
Have you ever noticed faces in clouds, or in the knots in trees? Most people have a strong tendency to see faces even when there are none, and human faces tend to capture our attention considerably more than other visual stimuli. The fact this happens, and even the... 
