Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A small, hidden part of the brain that governs the sense of smell, new cortex.  

A monotonic relationship in which a period of positive acceleration is followed by a period of negative acceleration.  

A publicly supported governmental organization mandated by law and/or regulation for the protection and improvement of the health of the population, voluntary health agency; NGO.  

In politics, those of the legislative staff elected by the membership, e.g., speaker of the house, and majority and minority whips. A person holding a position of authority, either by election or appointment, in an organization. In a corporation, the officers are appointed by the corporate directors to manage the day-to-day affairs of the corporation,…

Concerned with coordination and policy development in matters concerned with the promotion of health.  

Organized within the Department of Health and Human Services and serves as a coordinating body for inquiries and complaints on such subjects as consumer prices, quality, and safety of products and services.  

In Freud’s theory of psychosexual development, the conflict of a boy between a desire for his mother and the fear of punishment by his father.  

In epidemiology, a technique for estimating relative risk from case-control studies relative odds. A good approximation of the relative risk. It compares the ratio of exposed/unexposed individuals among the diseased with the ratio of exposed/unexposed individuals among the controls. The odds ratio is a measure that is used in case-control studies, where cases and controls…

Moving the eyeball. Referring to movements of the eyeball. Related to the movement of the eye or the oculomotor nerve, which is the third cranial nerve.  

Pertaining to the eye. Pertaining to or impacting the eye and its components; it also refers to the ocular lens of an optical instrument, such as a microscope. Related to the eye or the viewing part of an optical device.