When conducting scientific research in any field, it is not sufficient to simply design thoughtful and informative experiments to explore ideas and hypotheses. The experiments must be conducted in such a manner that the data generated effectively address the ideas and hypotheses under study. Collecting good data necessitates the use of good methods, techniques, and instrumentation. Behavioral neuroscience is most certainly a field that, over the years, has required novel, inventive, and ef...

A lauded contribution to historical sociology, Class and the Color Line is an analysis of social-movement organizing across racial lines in the American South during the 1880s and the 1890s. The Knights of Labor and the Populists were the largest and most influential movements of their day, as well as the first to undertake large-scale organizing in the former Confederate states, where they attempted to recruit African Americans as fellow workers and voters.While scholars ...

Millions are wondering what the future holds for mankind, and if we are soon due for a world-changing global shift. Paramhansa Yogananda (author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi) and his teacher, Sri Yukteswar, offered key insights into this subject. They presented a fascinating explanation of the rising and falling eras that our planet cycles through every 24,000 years. According to their teachings, we have recently passed through the low ebb in that cycle and are moving to...

The Lost Word: Its Hidden Meaning by George H. Steinmetz is one of the most profound explorations ever written on the hidden connections between Biblical allegory and Masonic symbolism. First published in 1948, this remarkable work bridges the worlds of religion, mysticism, and esoteric philosophy, offering readers a unified vision of spiritual truth concealed within the symbols of both the Holy Scriptures and the Masonic tradition.Steinme...

Karl Mays Beziehung zu dem Lexikografen, Herausgeber, Redakteur und Verleger Joseph Kürschner (1853-1902) war für die literarische Karriere des sächsischen Erzählers von großer Bedeutung. Dieser Band dokumentiert und kommentiert erstmals umfassend und auf dem aktuellen Stand der Forschung den Briefwechsel zwischen May und Kürschner - eine Korrespondenz, die Mays Entwicklung vom erfolgreichen Reiseschriftsteller und Jugendautor zum pazifistischen Dichter des symbolisch-allegorischen Spätwer...

Today's view of history cannot account for ancient anomalies, such as the Pyramids and advanced knowledge contained in India's Vedas—but in 1894 an Indian sage gave us an explanation not only for our hidden past, but for the trends of today and for our future enlightenment—the 24,000 year yuga cycle.

This volume contains a collection of papers written by former students, postdoctoral fellows, and colleagues of Richard Thompson and represent written versions of papers presented at the Festschrift symposium. The Festschrift provided an excellent opportunity for the participants to recount their memories and experiences of working with one of the leading figures in behavioral neuroscience, and to place their current research in the context of earlier research conducted in the Thompson lab...

The model system of eyeblink classical conditioning in humans has enormous potential for the understanding and application of fundamental principles of learning. This collection makes classical conditioning accessible to teachers and researchers in a number of ways. The first aim is to present the latest developments in theory building. Second, as background for the current directions, Eyeblink Classical Conditioning, Volume I presents an overview of a large body of previously pub...

Classical conditioning of the nictitating membrane (NM) eyeblink response in rabbits is a useful model system for the study of the neurobiology of learning and memory. This paradigm that is so well described on a biological level has also been applied to studies of normal development over the life span and to instances of abnormal developmental phenomena.Eyeblink conditioning has been studied from molecular and neural network perspectives, and the paradigm is of demonstrated utility...