Physiological Processes Underlying Psychoneuroses

The Psychoneuroses

Component processes underlying choice.

T he processes underlying choice were once thought to be straightforward: individuals were conceptualized as rational decision makers who intuitively calculated the expected value of alternatives and selected the option with the highest expected value. As seen through the lens of the behavioral sciences, this characterization of choice processes is simplistic and often misleading. Human decisio...

Solar System Processes Underlying

Only three processes, operant during the formation of the Solar System, are responsible for the diversity of matter in the Solar System and are directly responsible for planetary internal-structures, including planetocentric nuclear fission reactors, and for dynamical processes, including and especially, geodynamics. These processes are: (i) Low-pressure, low-temperature condensation from solar...

Processes underlying sleep regulation.

Sleep is regulated by homeostatic, circadian and ultradian processes. Slow waves and sleep spindles are EEG markers of sleep processes which have counterparts at the cellular level. The interaction of homeostatic and circadian sleep regulation has been formalized in the two-process model and validated in experiments. Sleep is not only a global brain phenomenon but also a regional cerebral proce...

Mental Health and the Psychoneuroses