Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The most primitive part of the brain containing the medulla and the cerebellum. The part of brain of an embryo from which the medulla oblongata, the pons and the cerebellum eventually develop. That part of the brain consisting of the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata. The posterior area of the brain that includes the pons…

The ability for a person to adapt to excessive quantities of alcohol or other drugs without the usual affects, loss of tolerance.  

A recognized equivalent.  

A level of school organizational structure that generally includes grades 9-12. When grade 9 is organized as a part of a junior high school is grades 10-12. An institution providing education to students after middle school or directly after elementary school; sometimes used to refer only to grades 9 to 12, with grades 7 and…

In research, a technique used in the study of schizophrenia involving the intensive examination of people who have a high probability of later becoming abnormal.  

Those groups that show a behavior risk for exposure to a disease or condition, high-risk behavior.  

An approach to planning that is based on the philosophy that there should be a high probability that the organization will be at least somewhat successful.  

A cigarette whose high nicotine content could satisfy the user’s dependency on nicotine while reducing the health risks associated with exposure to high levels of tar.  

Com syrup that has been industrially treated to break it down into glucose units, which are then converted into fructose. In the grocery store, there is a sweetener made from corn that makes up over 40% of all calorie-based sweeteners available. Each person had an average of 59 pounds of this sweetener produced in 2005.…

In classical conditioning, a procedure by which a new stimulus comes to elicit the conditioned response by virtue of being paired with an effective conditioned stimulus.