Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

When it comes to reading academic research reports in the behavioral sciences, I'm no different than anyone else. I often find myself thinking "what is the point?" Reading academic papers is not ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Scientific evidence can be difficult to understand. Normally we can rely on experts to interpret it for us, or the media ...