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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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MAY 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
You know how every once in a while, in a presidential speech, or some statement from NASA, or a speech by someone in Con ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 29, 2015Cancer
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supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
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It's strange to think that a man who went to the moon and wants to colonize Mars could be delayed by some snow.
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Older people in bad marriages, particularly women, have a higher risk of heart disease, report researchers.
T ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
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Astronomers have always relied on simulations to map the universe and discover how galaxies are formed. While some of th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
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Scientists have found dramatic effects on risk factors for colon cancer when American and African volunteers swapped die ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
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Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of a genetic link between prodigy and autism.
The scientists fo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 20, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
Researchers are looking to apply hibernation-like techniques already used in medicine for space travel. Trials to test i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
New research might bring a frown to even the most heavily botoxed faces, with scientists finding how some of the potent ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Health & Medicine
Researchers studying the commonly used pain reliever acetaminophen found it has a previously unknown side effect: It dim ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Health & Medicine
A new study has found that people who engage in three to five times the recommended minimum level of leisure-time physic ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Technology
.
"The lack of meaningful human control places fully autonomous weapons in an ambiguous and troubling positio ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US, ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Aside from giving us the phrase "to play possum," it could be argued opossums haven't really contributed all that much t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Dawn, a NASA spacecraft, has arrived at Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest member of the of our solar system's astero ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 16, 2015Plants & Animals
A federal animal-research center in Nebraska will not be allowed to start any new experimental projects until it strengt ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's strange to think that a man who went to the moon and wants to colonize Mars could be delayed by some snow.
Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Cardiology
Older people in bad marriages, particularly women, have a higher risk of heart disease, report researchers.
T ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have always relied on simulations to map the universe and discover how galaxies are formed. While some of th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
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