In this study we analyze the meaning of symbols based on the psychological approach of Piaget. In addition, we would like to stimulate more research in this area. A symbol has sense when it has a nexus with a specific…

Se destaca la importancia que tuvo la obra de Skinner en la aplicación del conocimiento psicológico a una diversidad de problemas como los de Ia educación, la salud y otros más, It is emphazised the importance of Skinner's works in…

The traditional concept of intelligence and its measurement are critically reviewed, stressing its logical and empirical deficiencies. An alternative definition of intelligence as varied and effective behavior is proposed and it is analyzed in terms of competences. Taking into account…

The present paper argues for the systematization of the established knowledge on eating behavior in Conditioning and in Motivation on the basis of the quantitative contiguities between some of its controlling variables. A variable in common to both types of…

El análisis paleoepidemiológico y paleodemográfico en las poblaciones mayas ha sido un tema que se ha tratado en forma separada por diversos investigadores, llegando a interpretaciones sesgadas por la escasa conjunción de estas áreas complementarias que abordan los estudios antropofísicos. Más aún, la…

Health studies in ancient populations is a very complex field. Many years passed by before anthropologists showed concern to know about health in ancient populations, and paleopathological studies of skeletal remains shifted from the traditional clinic orientation of individual cases to population and…

Globalization is analyzed as a scientific category, and also as ideological discourse. The first perspective is based on the recognition of the fact that the present state of capitalism has not essentially changed vis-à-vis the past as regards the asymmetrical…

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter strongly involved in the feeding behavior regulation. It has been reported that different dopamine receptor agonists inhibited voluntary food intake, nevertheless, dopamine depletion induced intense hypophagia. Current knowledge of D2 receptors and D3 mRNA expression in…

This article talks about Bioethics and new technologies perspectives in the de nominated Society of Knowledge. It formulates central topics lead to wards transition forwarding to new civilizations. It also points out questionings and suggests several hypothests about the future…

Objetivo: identificar el nivel de conocimientos básicos sobre antibióticos y su uso clínico en los residentes del hospital infantil de México “Federico Gómez” (himfg). Material y métodos: estudio prospectivo, transversal, analítico y comparativo mediante la aplicación de un cuestionario anónimo…