We present a series of propositions that explains why people find sitting quietly in a dark room strongly aversive (Wilson et al., 2014). (i) Conflict-monitoring is an essential cognitive function; likely performed at the level of information processing conflicts (Botvinick et al, 2001) (ii) Memory is sensitized to processing conflicts; if a conflict has not been resolved in real-time, it is re...

objective: scientificstudies have shown that vitis vinifera (v. vinifera) contains flavonoids and stillbenoids. flavonoids are well known to possess anxiolytic activities. in view of the idea that flavonoids present in v. vinifera could be useful in anxiety, we evaluated anxiolytic-like activity of v. vinifera juice (vvj). materials and methods: light/dark box and the open field test were used ...

Light flashes delivered to one aggregate of cells evoked increased photon emission in another aggregate of cells maintained in the dark in another room if both aggregates shared the same temporospatial configuration of changing rate, circular magnetic fields. During the presentation of the same shared circumcerebral magnetic fields increases in photon emission occurred beside the heads of human...

this study evaluated the effect of the intermittent light program on serum and brain melatonin concentrations, antioxidant enzyme activities, and homocysteine concentration in broiler chickens. a total of 60 one-day-old broiler chickens (cobb 500) were distributed in three light-proof controlled rooms (20 chicks per room). all birds were reared in continuous light until 3 days of age. then, chi...

We investigate how the immediate correction effect decreases mispointing under prisms. Subjects performed rhythmic pointing movements under different conditions with horizontally shifting prisms. Even the first (initial) pointing error is much smaller than the prismatic shift, a phenomenon called the immediate correction effect. Knowledge about the structure of the room and of objects in the ro...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dark adaptation time in canine electroretinography (ERG) using a contact lens electrode with a built-in LED. Twelve eyes of six normal laboratory beagle dogs were used and exposed to steady room light at 500 lux for 30 min for light adaption. ERG was recorded at different time points during dark adaptation in sedated and light-adapted beagles. The s...

PURPOSE To compare the results of Worth 4-dot test (WFDT) performed in dark and light, and at different distances, with fusional control in patients with intermittent exotropia (IXT). METHODS Dark and light WFDT was performed for new IXT subjects at different distances and the results were compared with level of office-based fusional control. RESULTS Fifty IXT patients including 17 male and...