Background Based on laboratory studies performed through decades, it is suggested that carbohydrate intake during prolonged exercise improves performance. However, we do not know much about whether marathon race performance in practice can be improved by intervening with a scientifically based nutritional strategy. The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that a marathon race can be comp...

We recently proposed the attention schema theory, a novel way to explain the brain basis of subjective awareness in a mechanistic and scientifically testable. Definition: Schema theory is a branch of cognitive science concerned with how the brain A schema is an organized unit of knowledge for a subject or event. We recently proposed the attention schema theory, a novel way to explain the brain ...

One of the strengths of scientific inquiry is that it can progress with any mixture of empiricism, intuition, and formal theory that suits the convenience of the investigator. Many sciences develop for a time as exercises in description and empirical generalization. Only later do they acquire reasoned connections within themselves and with other branches of knowledge. Many things were scientifi...

Mars is at the center of the solar system exploration efforts. Measurements collected by spacecrafts orbiting around the planet has been processed and organized into raster or pointbased datasets describing different aspects of Martian surface. Impressive knowledge about Mars was obtained by studying individual datasets, but additional information can be gained by data mining the fusion of disp...

A virtual biomedical experiment (VBE) is a simulation of a wet-lab or clinical biomedical experiment. The goal of VBEs is to provide a scientifically useful method of in silico experimentation that can challenge concrete hypotheses and provide explanatory, mechanistic insight into the referent system. We envision virtual experimentation not as a supplement to traditional wet-lab experimentation...

At the Competencies Conference: Future Directions in Education and Credentialing in Professional Psychology, the Scientific Foundations and Research Competencies Work Group focused on identifying how psychologists practice scientifically. This article presents the subcomponents associated with the core competency of scientific practice. The subcomponents include: 1). access and apply current sc...