Anjur SS. Student-centered physiology in high schools. Adv Physiol Educ 35: 161–167, 2011; doi:10.1152/advan.00076.2010.— Student test score percentages in the Physiology and Disease (PAD) course at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a high school for students of the state of Illinois gifted in math and science, were studied over a period of 5 yr. Inquiry-based laboratory experiences...

Objective To study secular trends in self reported sexual behaviour among 70 year olds. Design Cross sectional survey. Settings Four samples representative of the general population in Gothenburg, Sweden. Participants 1506 adults (946 women, 560 men) examined in 1971-2, 1976-7, 1992-3, and 2000-1. Main outcome measures Sexual intercourse, attitudes to sexuality in later life, sexual dysfunction...

In this chapter, we review behavioral research connecting affective embodiment and evaluative cognition. We argue that affect and belief exist in a dynamic relationship. Evaluative beliefs elicit affective experience, and affective experience provides data for evaluative conception. We propose that such reciprocal relationships exist because emotions are, in part, embodiments of evaluation. Tha...

Force or coercion are often a part of sexual relationships in South Africa, especially among adolescents. This coercion is also often pinioned by an economic exchange: gifts or favours for sex. Studies have pointed out the negative consequences of the exchanges which are often characterised by large age differences ('sugar dad-dies') or power imbalances. Perhaps more pervasive but largely ignor...

With Dr. Fischer's long interest in muscle physiology and with his background in Germany, I thought that my personal experiences in Professor Otto Meyerhof's laboratory in Heidelberg, 1931-1932, might be of interest. This laboratory was at that time one of the outstanding centers for research in muscle physiology and chemistry. The laboratory was called the Kaiser Wilhelm-Institute fiir Medizin...

Player experience is difficult to evaluate and report, especially using quantitative methodologies in addition to observations and interviews. One step towards tying quantitative physiological measures of player arousal to player experience reports are Biometric Storyboards (BioSt). They can visualise meaningful relationships between a player’s physiological changes and game events. Our paper i...

This study explores the effects of prior video-game experience on learner’s motivation in a serious game environment. 20 participants were invited to play our serious game, called HeapMotiv, intended to educate players about the heap data structure. HeapMotiv is comprised of three missions (HeapTetris, Heap-Shoot and Heap-Sort). We used Keller’s ARCS theoretical model of motivation and physiolo...

Introduction Many studies linked expression and regulation of emotions as transdiagnostic variables involved in the emergence psychopathological disorders. However, few investigated such processes during middle childhood, a critical period life defined by significant psychological, physical, social changes. Objectives Explore relationship between child’s emotion – both emotional subjective expe...