n the third volume of JODDD, we have brought a number of changes to the journal. The layout of the pages has changed to accommodate for information on online access to articles on the first page, and also the new licensing of articles, which are now under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. This approach is taken to further keep in line with open access publishing. With the type of the ...

This paper summarizes pros and cons of the invertebrate models involved in aging and longevity. The worm Caenorhabditis elegans and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster are the two models that have given the major contributions on this topic. Furthermore, we also discuss the possible contribution of recent theories on aging and inflammation to understand the complex phenotype of aged soma, fro...

Clark Hull’s statement which Kirsch et al (in press) quote that “an increase in suggestibility takes place upon entering the hypnotic trance,“ is one few of us would dispute. However, they interpret Hull’s work and that of Hilgard and Tart quite idiosyncratically. Hull thought of hypnosis as a state. When Kirsch et al paraphrase Hull, the “increase in suggestibility” becomes “a relatively small...

The appeal of simple algorithms that take account of both the constraints of human cognitive capacity and the structure of environments has been an enduring theme in cognitive science. A novel version of such a boundedly rational perspective views the mind as containing an 'adaptive toolbox' of specialized cognitive heuristics suited to different problems. Although intuitively appealing, when t...

The present paper illustrates various advantages of the use of invertebrates as an experimental model as these models provide important evidence in the field of evolutionary research and at the same time offer practical applications in the bio-medical and agronomy fields of research.

The concept of limited access highways in the city could be considered as the epitome of modernity; reflecting the ever increasing speed of everyday life and the distancing of individuals from communities (cf. Simmel, Tönnies). Separation from contact with the landscape and its effect on space-time relationships creates a new spatiality (see Augé, 1995). While laying concrete across the country...