Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Energy-rich bonds. The pyrophosphate bonds on hydrolysis yield a standard free energy near 8000 kcal per molecule, whereas simple phosphate bonds on hydrolysis yield only 1000- 4000 kcal of standard free energy.  

In child development, a procedure for investigating infant cognition that takes advantage of infants’ willingness to work to make interesting spectacles last. Infants are able to maintain a stimulus at an optimal level of intensity by sucking on a nipple that is electronically connected to an apparatus such as a video camera or voice recorder.…

In business, the entire overall and related sub-objectives assigned to various segments of the organization.  

In psychology, the concept that needs arrange themselves in order of importance from the most basic biological needs to those psychological needs concerned with self-actualization. Referring to Maslow’s theory, indicative of the motivational force of one’s own needs as they are perceived, basic needs; hierarchy of needs. According to Maslow, the order in which a person’s…

In health education, the three levels of progressive learning: a. the acquisition of health facts, b. the development of positive health attitudes, and c. the development of health values.  

The ranking of group members according to status and/or ability to control or influence events. More generally, a group of persons or things arranged in order of rank, grade, and so on. A system in which persons or things are in graded ranks. Authority in an organization is usually hierarchical; perhaps the best example is…

An organization in which narrower categories are subsumed under broader ones which, in turn, are subsumed in still broader ones.  

In hypnosis, the part of the self that is aware of things outside conscious awareness.  

Passing the winter in a quiescent and torpid condition.  

Any opening in the normal anatomical structures through which other structures pass. An opening or space. Normal opening in a membrane or other tissue. An opening or aperture. For example, the diaphragm contains hiatuses for the esophagus and aorta.