When we begin any journey in life, we are loaded, full of the superfluous. Everything is baggage and it’s hard to carry so much weight. So you take steps, small and decisive so that everything goes as expected, not always what is expected, but even so you decide to stay …
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Sons of Anarchy (also known as Sons of Anarchy in Portuguese) is an American series that tells the story of the motorcycle group SAMCRO* . They live in Charming, a small town in northern California that they dominate. In order to be able to carry out their illegal activities, they …
Read More »The Modular Theory Of Mind
Faced with earlier conceptions of how the brain functions as ‘online’ information processing, the Modular Theory of Mind proposes a modular or compartmentalized view of mental functions, each highly specialized and interrelated, although independent of the others. Until the last decades of the last century, the idea that the brain …
Read More »Change Is Needed!
Changes are part of life. Go to a new city, decide to pursue an international career, change profession, marital status, job, house, life. There are the desired changes and also the unforeseen ones. Regardless of the way it is, new situations lead us to seek different forms of adaptation and …
Read More »A Healthy Child Is Spontaneous, Noisy, Restless, Emotional And Colorful
A child is not born to be sitting, watching television or playing with a tablet. A child doesn’t want to be silent all the time. They need to move, explore, find new things, create adventures and discover the world around them. They are learning, they are sponges, born pranksters, treasure …
Read More »Can Viruses Control Our Behavior?
It may sound like a science fiction story, but it’s not: viruses can alter our behavior to facilitate the spread of viral particles so that they reach new hosts. This can happen in many different ways. Can viruses control our behavior? Many people have asked themselves this question at some …
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