In the natural world, animals make decisions on an ongoing basis, continuously selecting which action to undertake next. In the lab, however, the neural bases of decision processes have mostly been studied using artificial trial structures. New experimental tools based on the genetic toolkit of model organisms now make it experimentally feasible to...
Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) are farmed in Australia primarily for their skins and meat. Commercially, they are raised in group pens as hatchlings and grower crocodiles and then moved to unitised (individual) pens for the final finishing stage when they are several years old. They will exhibit aggressive behaviour towards each other in...
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art located in Holešovice Prague 7. Between the streets Komunardü Jatecní and Maninách. The area forms a kind of triangle which has a location in a culturally diverse neighbourhood. The museum is a place where you can see art from different times and cultures. The key of the Museum is that it focuses on Modern and ...
Published in Apeiron
In the ethical texts, Aristotle claims that all instances of choice (prohairesis) must be preceded by deliberation, but it is not clear why he believes this. This paper offers an explanation of that commitment, drawing heavily from the De Anima and showing that the account emerging from there complements that of the ethical texts. The view is that ...
Published in Journal of applied behavior analysis
The literature offers few recommendations for sequencing exposure to treatment conditions with individuals with multiply maintained destructive behavior. Identifying relative preference for the functional reinforcers maintaining destructive behavior may be one means of guiding that decision. The present study presents a preliminary attempt at devel...
Published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Hidden hunger, a condition that arises from eating a low legume-cereal mix, hinders the attainment of food security. It affects 25% of the world’s population and 20% of the African population. To address this problem, various crop improvement programs aimed at increasing the introduction of biofortified beans in households’ diets have been initiate...
Published in The journal of pain
Providing individuals with choice over treatment has been found to enhance placebo hypoalgesia. However, this choice effect is not always present. The current study tested whether the strength of the placebo context influenced the effect of choice on placebo hypoalgesia. Using an established electrocutaneous pain paradigm, the choice effect was com...
This study aims to investigate the conceptual grounds on which subjective rectification and the interweaving of the therapeutic and epistemic demand rely, specifically the assumption that the subject is involved in their own suffering. This perspective presupposes a subject with a certain degree of freedom and choice. Drawing on Freud’s choice of n...
This essay explores the way in which priests and church-musicians choose music for different ceremonies such as funerals, sunday service, baptism and weddings. The questions at issue regard how the clerks personal preferences, the Swedish Church’s cultural heritage and the attending community contributes to the musical choice at large. Other comple...
