Os problemas do conhecimento humanoe sua relação com a linguagem, objetos clássicos da análise filosófica, receberam no final do século XIX e ao longo do século XX um tratamento original no pensamento moderno, com a chamada virada Iingüistica também designada…

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…

Since the first Computer and Internet based learning developments, there has been a recurrent idea: the creation of reusable didactic pieces, developed once and used many times in instructional processes, called learning objects. These elements promised to constitute knowledge bases…

La IRC es un padecimiento costoso y complejo que exige del paciente una alta adherencia a la alimentación, la ingesta de líquidos, limpieza e higiene, y toma de medicamentos.  La adherencia al tratamiento médico está influida por factores como la…

There are several theories that explain and propose models for healthy behaviors. Among them, the models of change by stages are very effective because they conceptualizethe preventive action as a process that requires successive actions corresponding to different objectives that,…

Este artículo describe el paralelismo de México con respecto a otros países en relación a los factores que determinaron el surgimiento de la Medicina Conductual, entre ellos se desatacan a la biorretroalimentación, el análisis conductual aplicado y el cambio en…

El autor examina un documento publicado originalmente en Puebla por el doctor Pedro de Horta, quien fue comisionado por las autoridades del convento de San Jerónimo para evaluar las posibles causas de los ataques epilépticos que sufrían varias monjas de…

El nicho ecológico de un parásito existe sólo cuando coinciden condiciones abióticas y bióticas necesarias para los hospederos definitivos e intermediarios. No obstante, los ciclos de vida de la mayoría de los parásitos son poco conocidos; el usar áreas de…

Guaiacum unijugum is a rare shrub endemic to a 70 km stretch of coastline extending east from San José del Cabo in Baja California and is the least well-known of the 4 species of Guaiacum in Mexico. To increase our…

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…