Nervous systems are typically described as static networks passively responding to external
stimuli (ie, the 'sensorimotor hypothesis'). However, for more than a century now, evidence …

One of the central questions about the cognitive neuroscience of creativity is the extent to
which creativity depends on either domain-specific or domain-general mechanisms. To …

Rachlin's interpretations of self‐control depend on the short‐term versus the long‐term
consequences of behavior. Sometimes these effects support each other (typing an abstract …

Over time, many natural phenomena that had long appeared to be disorderly have been
found to be orderly and predictable under specifiable conditions. First introduced in the early …

There is little scientific debate regarding the validity of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural
selection, which effectively describes how relevant ancestral histories produce both an …

We review converging lines of evidence describing the negative relationship found between
the signaled probability of food and response variation. This relationship is quite general: It …

Extensive research has shown that the variability of organismal behavior is great when
contingent reinforcement is delayed, small, or improbable. This research has generally …

To assess their orientation in mazes, Dashiell (1930) developed a procedure allowing rats to
reach the goal by utilizing paths of equal distance from the starting point. The main finding …

Findings in neuroplasticity confirm that the brain continues to change over time, and that
different types of experience result in different types of change (plasticity). Further, the type of …

O presente estudo teve como objetivo principal investigar a perceção dos educadores de
infância acerca da sobredotação e da criatividade no contexto do pré-escolar do Brasil e de …