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Pure biology!
Hello, everyone. I know many people don’t actually read this blog but I’d still like to share something around here. If it’s not your first time reading me, you might have realized that I have a troubled relationship with academia. I don’t have a PhD, an MA or even an undergrad degree. Yet I’ve kept…
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Definiendo investigación experimental según Arias
Hasta ahora hemos discutido los diseños documentales y de campo. A manera de resumen, hemos dicho que los diseños de investigación documental analizan, interpretan y critican datos secundarios para llegar a nuevas conclusiones, por lo tanto produciendo nuevos conocimientos científicos. Dijimos que existen varios tipos de investigación documental: monográfica, estudios de medición de variables independientes…
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Study notes for skeletal muscle physiology, and lower and local circuit neuron dynamics
Hello again, everyone! I was entertaining the idea of creating some study notes for undergrad skeletal muscle physiology and lower/local circuit neuron dynamics. Some people said they were interested on it, so I decided to do it. My goal was simply to make a summary of everything I’ve learned so far, or at least the…
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Definiendo investigación de campo según Arias
La primera parte de esta miniserie sobre los diseños de investigación de Arias la pasamos introduciendo el diseño de investigación documental. A modo de recordatorio y para refrescar la memoria, entendemos una investigación documental como aquella donde se analizan, critican e interpretan datos secundarios con el fin de producir conocimientos científicos. En estas investigaciones no…
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Definiendo investigación documental según Arias
En un blog anterior se discutió un poco el concepto de investigación científica de acuerdo a Arias (2012), así como también los niveles de investigación exploratorios, descriptivos y explicativos. Debido a que el post alcanzó una popularidad inesperada e inexplicada (pues no consigo referencia a mi blog en ninguna página web externa), decidí continuar con…
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On the nature of neural representations
Neural representations are a very interesting construct used in neuroscience to explain the mechanisms of behavior. We behave in a given way because certain patterns of neural activity in region X are triggered in Y moment. The last sentence gives already an idea of what a neural representation is: a pattern of neural activity that…
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Sophomoric readings and how to screw yourself in public – The holobiont mind
So a few months ago I was discussing my first peer-reviewed opinion paper in this blog, which was posted in a journal called Adaptive Behavior. The day I wrote it I was basically entertaining an idea that the coauthor, R. L. Carro-Godoy, shared with me in one of our weird and usual conversations. We were…
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Where biochemistry and cognition meet: the Gut-Brain Axis
How does one reconcile knowledge of molecular and cellular mechanisms with macrophenomena like observable behaviors or general cognitive processing? It’s hardly an easy question. However, at least two different lines of research are taking their time to answer it, and they are doing great: Basal cognition research. By looking at how organisms from the lower…
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[Hoping] this is the end
Hello, everyone. I acknowledge that, generally, I only have two or three readers that actually take the time to interact with my posts, so this will probably go unnoticed but it’s alright. I just want to vent after all. I will do my best to stay as far away as possible from all the things…
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Presenting my new project EXOGRAM
So, here I am again. The purpose of this post is to present to you guys my new project: EXOGRAM. I barely have 7 blog entries in my new project, most of them related to the history of evolutionary biology and 2 about memory. I would like to invite you all to check out my…