Brett Heasman

Jun 3, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Brett Heasman |Gemma Williams |Divine Charura |Lorna G. Hamilton

1 INTRODUCTION Flow states describe heightened moments of focus, concentration, motivation and serenity. Often referred to as ‘being in the zone’, flow states are a reportedly common feature of everyday life and have been widely studied across a range of individuals, groups and activities from high performance athletes to people watching television (Schiepe-Tiska & Engeser, 2012).

Jul 26, 2023 | kruger2canyon.co.za | Brett Heasman

How do animals hide? Most animals avoid detection by a type of deception called camouflage (also called disguise). This strategy is not only used by prey in defence, but many predators also use it in order to hunt effectively. Four basic types of camouflage are generally recognised, and each has a slightly different function, although they all disguise the presence of the animal.

May 26, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Brett Heasman |Lisa Parfitt

Mao (2023) presents a unified theory of language acquisition and processing which aims to bridge the gap between nativist and constructionist views on pragmatic competence. Mao argues that autism comprises a specific population which reveals how an Integrative Model of Pragmatic Competence works given apparent autistic difficulties in pragmatic competence but intact grammatical and lexical systems.