Staff Picks – June 2025
Albert, Saul; vom Lehn, Dirk (2022). Non-lexical vocalizations help novices learn joint embodied actions. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/21518139 [A study of novice learners, rather than experts, and how people sort of muddle through things, communicating with gestures, nonsense words, and it was sort of a celebration of ordinariness. Strangely affecting.]
Clarke, Benjamin; Tomlinson, Katherine; Karunakaran, Amitha; Candan, Ahranee; Slatter, Janet; Slatter, Tom; et al. (2024). The effectiveness of chalk as a friction modifier for finger pad contact with rocks of varying roughness. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/26335153 [As a rock climber, it was a pleasant surprise to come across such a research paper, and I was curious to read what the research outcomes were. Interesting read for anyone who likes to hug and haul themselves up and across rocks.]
Forrester, Derek Michael (2016). Media files for “Arrays of coupled chemical oscillators”, article published in Scientific Reports in 2015. Loughborough University. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.2060739 [The candles are rather hypnotic!]
Lee-Smith, Matthew; Wilson, Garrath (2025). A sofa in a canal. Loughborough University. Online resource. https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.29064128 [Just great!]
Loughborough University; Appleton, Katie (2023). Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) – Loughborough University. Loughborough University. Collection. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/c.6455233 [This collection comprises of research material aligned to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) topics, and produced by Loughborough University academics, researchers and doctoral students]
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It’s fascinating to see how research, whether it’s about climbing, non-lexical vocalizations, or EDI, spans across such diverse topics. Each study seems to reveal something new about the human experience, in a very grounded way.