Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science articles from April 2000

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science archives from April 2000

Can an Aspect of Consciousness be Imprinted into an Electronic Device?
April 1, 2000... WILLIAM A. TILLER [1] MICHAEL J. K0HANE [2] WALTER E. DIBBLE, JR. [2] Abstract--Although quantum mechanics allows consciousness to have some effect on the collapse of wave functions, most conventional scientists expect the effect...

Greater than the Parts: Holism in Biomedicine 1920-1950.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Edited by: Christopher Lawrence and George Weisz This book argues the validity of two separate ways of viewing medical education, research and practice, holism, and reductionism. Oxford University Press, New York, 1998. The word...

Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect.(Review)
April 1, 2000... By: Ian Stevenson Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT., 1997, 248 pages, $17.95. Dr. Ian Stevenson, a distinguished scholar and professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia, has written a highly intriguing book about his...

Free Radicals in Brain Physiology and Disorders.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Edited by: Lester Packer, Midori Hiramatsu, Toshikazu Yoshikawa Academic Press, 1996. This book offers a carefully documented explanation of what free radicals are and how they participate in or interfere with neuroregulatory...

Hans Krebs: The Formation of a Scientific Life 1900-1933.(Review)
April 1, 2000... By: Frederick L. Holmes Oxford University Press, 1991. $65.00 The author is a distinguished historian of medicine and head of the medical history department at Yale University. His book is an utterly charming biography of a most gifted...

Dictionary of True Etymologies.(Review)
April 1, 2000... By: Adrian Room Routledge, NY, 1986. Most anyone with an ounce of curiosity will enjoy skipping through the pages of this book to find the real origin of commonly used English words. Part of the fun is the surprise. Most people will...

How Brains Make Up Their Minds.(Review)
April 1, 2000... By: Walter J. Freeman Weidenfeld & Nicholson, The Orion Publishing Group, London, 1999. This book is based on a comprehensive study of how the brain works and how it satisfies the needs of the person. The talented author writes in a...

Miracles Do Happen. A Physician's Experience with Alternative Medicine.(Review)
April 1, 2000... By: Norman Shealy Element Books Limited, 1996. This is an unusual, but immensely interesting analysis of treating illnesses of various sources and of understanding the pathogenesis. The author's central message is that illness of all...

Bad Medicine.(Review)
April 1, 2000... By: Lawrence J. O'Brien Promethesus Books, New York, 1999. This book is an earnest attempt to understand and to correct the socially and financial corruption of medical services at the present time. The author's emphasis is on...

A Psychophysiological Model of Emotion Space.
April 1, 2000... EVGENI N. SOKOLOV [1] WOLFRAM BOUCSEIN [2] Abstract--Despite a wide variety of emotions that can be subjectively experienced, the emotion space has consistently revealed a low dimensionality. The search for corresponding...

Blocking Cholesterol Synthesis Impairs Acquisition of the Classically Conditioned Eyeblink Response.
April 1, 2000... W. T. O'BRIEN [1,3] G. Xu [2,3] G.S. TINT [2,3] G. SALEN [2,3] R. J. SERVATIUS [1,3] Abstract--Smith-Lemli-Opitz (SLO) syndrome is a congenital disorder characterized by severe mental retardation. Patients with SLO lack...

Pain Perception to the Cold Pressor Test During the Menstrual Cycle in Relation to Estrogen Levels and a Comparison with Men.
April 1, 2000... Abstract--Animal and human research has shown that pain sensitivity changes during the menstrual cycle. This has sometimes been ascribed to hormonal variations. The aim of the present study was to examine how perception of pain, induced by the...