How are our Instincts Acquired?

How polycentric are our cities ?

Today’s large metropolitan areas, from New York and London to Singapore and Tokyo, all comprise a multitude of interconnected centers: places, where our daily activities for employment, leisure and travel are highly concentrated. A deep and quantitative understanding of this urban spatial structure is of considerable importance for our contemporary sprawling cities, where it is ever-less obviou...

How accurate are our assumptions about our students' background knowledge?

Teachers establish prerequisites that students must meet before they are permitted to enter their courses. It is expected that having these prerequisites will provide students with the knowledge and skills they will need to successfully learn the course content. Also, the material that the students are expected to have previously learned need not be included in a course. We wanted to determine ...

Are Instincts Hardened Routines? A Radical Proposal

Routines and instincts are similar in terms of function and structure: 1) With respect to function, they economize on scarce decision-making resources, such as cognitive faculties, by making actions, within limits, inflexible vis-à-vis fluctuating environmental stimuli. As inflexible patterns, they are units that can be transferred via inheritance or social learning. 2) With respect to structur...

How ‘Drug Aware’ are our Glaucoma Patients?

BACKGROUND Poor knowledge, attitude and self-care practices (KAP) as regards medication compliance is a major concern in the management of glaucoma. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitude regarding eyedrop instillation and self-care practices pertaining to eyedrops in diagnosed glaucoma patients. METHODS In this cross-sectional, open-ended questionnaire-based study, 101 consecuti...

How is the Mother Tongue Acquired