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Robots as Social Actors

Robot stories have been around for ages. In 1495 Leonardo Da Vinci designed the Mechanical Knight, a humanoid automation for the battlefield. Early cases of “social robots” in its broadest meaning is given by the ancient author Ovid (43 BC–17 AD) in his Metamorphoses (Transformations). Pygmalion, in disgust of women’s imperfection, focused all his passion […]

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Fundamentals of Emotions

Fundamentals of Emotions Emotions manifest themselves seemingly out of nothing if we look at them from an absent-minded or abstracted perspective! Fundamentally the biology or several brain legions participate in the generation and in the process of emotions. The three of those brain legions are the most chargeable ones. The amygdala, the hippocampus and the […]

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Sugar and Mental Health

Processed sugar and all its substitutes such as agave, stevia, aspartame, also organic raw honey are linked to metabolic syndome. Metabolic syndrome is examplified as a set of syndromes including high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, high blood sugar levels and abdominal fat.  Well-known conditions to increase the risk of developing diabetes and heart diseases! […]

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ADHD – Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder

ADHD – Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder Disorder or Difference in Attention? Quick Review, Relationships, Treatments ADHD has mental and behavioral pointers but also differently functioning neural circuits. It has three subtypes: inattentive (such as puzzles in paying attention, easy distraction, forgetfulness); hyperactive-impulsive (such as restlessness, impulsivity, discomfort in sitting stile) and combined subtypes beginning […]

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Our Brains When Socially Isolated

Our Brains When Socially Isolated The brain is made up of network of nerves and made up for social interaction. The brain nerves are connected to each other, they transmit signals from one to other. The abundance and the quality of those connections determines the transmission of those signals, in other words our life experiences. […]

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