Pre- and probiotics promote a diverse and functional gut microbiota and have demonstrated both anxiolytic and antidepressant effects; however, how synbiotic diet interacts with antidepressant medications has not been fully investigated. This study sought to evaluate the potential anxiolytic or antidepressant effects of a synbiotic diet in an avian model that presents homologies with...
In these essays Stephen White examines the forms of psychological integration that give rise to self-knowable and self-conscious individuals who are responsible, concerned for the future, and capable of moral commitment. The essays cover a wide range of basic issues in philosophy of mind, metaphysics, moral psychology, and political philosophy, providing a coherent, sophisticated, and...