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Internal state is a term used to describe how conditions like mood and past experiences impact decision making and behavior. Internal states can be studied by evaluating outward behaviors. Someone experiencing fatigue being unable to walk down the street without taking a break is an example of an internal state.
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NOV 22, 2015
Space & Astronomy
United States astronaut Scott Kelly has been aboard the International Space Station for quite a while, and recently brok
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2015
Microbiology
Everyone poops, cows included. (You remember that children’s book, right?) Cow manure is used as ferti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 23, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Hurricane Patricia, which is proving to be one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, appe
...
SEP 22, 2015
Technology
Modern computers use electrical signals (electrons) to move information where it needs to go. Computer processors handle
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2015
Earth & The Environment
When it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, carbon taxes work. Many policy makers who are working on reducing gre
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
SEP 07, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Remember how exciting it was when Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon? Those footsteps changed the world. It’s been
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 27, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A NASA study recently revealed that, on average, sea levels around the world have risen almost 3 inches in less than 25
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 25, 2015
Plants & Animals
The Sumatran Rhino is an ultra-rare animal. There are no female Sumatran Rhinos in the United States, which means
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 21, 2015
Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 21, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Yesterday's Part II of this article finished explaining how rogue planets are formed, their relationship to brown dw
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 20, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
By storing information in DNA, large amounts of data can be preserved in a very stable fashion, according to Robert N. G
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2015
Cancer
Deep in the soil of Ghana are compounds that could help scientists to understand a group of naturally-occurring chemical
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2015
Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is elusive. In spite of decades of using brain scans, computer models and other sophisticated tools, there
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Planes, trains and automobiles. That's pretty much how travelers get around, but with the global economy expanding the w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Did you ever wonder how the folks at NASA come up with the mission names, spacecraft names and other monikers for the wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 06, 2015
Space & Astronomy
So, how's it going up there? Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut, identical twin and current International Space Station residen
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2015
Videos
Hip dysplasia is a condition causing injury to the hip joint, detectable by an X-Ray. This condition develops when the h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, has the highest mortality of any autoimmune rheumatic disease. The rare,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 01, 2015
Neuroscience
New research at Michigan State University says that people who act impulsively in response to negative emotions are at g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider