Marcel M. Lambrechts

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Why is there an interval of (more than/only) 30.000 years between the first visible traces of art and writing?

The first signs of art date from more than 30.000 years ago (e.g. cave art) whereas the first signs of writing (e.g. Tamil) appeared let say ca. 5000 years ago? Any idea why artistic humans waited...

14 February 2016 6,151 93 View

Can handicapped/sick wildlife stay alive?

Medical doctors face/treat many human diseases/handicaps for which we assume they do not occur in wildlife populations. For instance, evolutionary biologists might claim that handicapped/sick...

02 January 2015 4,709 65 View

Can a veterinarian commission not familiar with wildlife species provide adequate ethical advice concerning wildlife species?

Field conditions may scientifically never be truly standardized because of perception constraints, logistic constraints or continuous dynamics in nature. The need to standardize experimental...

06 December 2014 6,320 44 View

Oxytocin modulates socio-sexual Behavior: how are these findings placed in a religion-based framework?

New research in mice indicates that a hormone like oxytocin influences socio-sexual behavior. The hormone is presented as a love hormone in the media. How should these results be placed in a...

12 October 2014 8,096 20 View

How many citations are required to call a cited publication influential?

Impacts of individual publications are often measured via citation rates. Average citation per publication rates differ across research domains (e.g. Mathematics versus Ecology). Is there a...

01 July 2014 1,176 88 View

How to empirically determine physical properties in the presence of biology-based perception constraints?

Empirical research is mainly based on observation and perception using brain structures and receptors that are individual-specific or species-specific. Different organisms do not perceive and...

25 June 2014 9,018 19 View

Do student reports and their ratings result from language-competence or science competence?

Do the contents of student reports result from language-competence or science competence? How much of the details in articles is truly captured by students that learn a new language to master the...

26 April 2014 8,642 88 View

What is the definition of phytotherapy?

How a research domain is theoretically defined or framed might influence how it is practically perceived by citizens or experts from other research domains. This can be illustrated with the...

30 January 2014 5,573 40 View

Why do researchers cite older publications that are not supported by recent publications?

Knowledge is evolving fast, which also implies that contents of older publications are not supported by recent publications. Why do people continue citing older publications not supported by...

29 January 2014 1,545 42 View

How should a hypothesis be formulated in a publication?

If 1000 people would observe the same phenomenon 'C' and be asked to formulate a hypothesis 'C' to explain phenomenon 'C', what fraction of the observers would formulate hypothesis 'C' in exactly...

19 January 2014 2,156 29 View

All phenomena are unique in perceived physical expression: what are the potential consequences for the definition of 'replicated' science practice?

Philosophers or scientists aim to define unifying theories to explain as much as possible numerous phenomena based on a few principles. Philosophers might for instance state that two phenomena...

15 January 2014 1,950 86 View

Does empirical research practice only have access to extended phenotypes?

Physical expression of extended phenotypes (e.g. Dawkins 1981) differs from physical expression of phenotypes producing physical expression of extended phenotypes. Should any form of energy...

14 January 2014 7,605 1 View