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…

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…

La propuesta se enmarca en el mejoramiento de la oferta cultural y turística del Tren de la Sabana de Bogotá, a través de la creación de un museo itinerante en el interior de un vagón, que exhibe fotografía y documentales.…

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…

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…

The dental mutilation was a cultural practice in Mesoamerica, being accepted that it was used to re-enforce symbolic-social aspects that had to be manifested in an individual. In the human osteological collection from Tantoc, an archaeological site in San Luis…

The dental mutilation was a cultural practice in Mesoamerica, being accepted that it was used to re-enforce symbolic-social aspects that had to be manifested in an individual. In the human osteological collection from Tantoc, an archaeological site in San Luis…

La información y los datos genéticos que emanan hoy de las investigaciones del genoma humano demandan el desarrollo de herramientas informáticas capaces de procesar la gran cantidad de información disponible.
La mayor cantidad de datos genéticos es el resultado de…

The dental mutilation was a cultural practice in Mesoamerica, being accepted that it was used to re-enforce symbolic-social aspects that had to be manifested in an individual. In the human osteological collection from Tantoc, an archaeological site in San Luis…