Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

An attempt to evade efforts toward self-fulfillment by repressing one’s own individuality and identifying with some hero or ideal.  

When, following the destruction of a brain area that normally subserves some function, that function is first lost and then reappears, the assumption is that some other area of the brain has vicariously taken over control of that function.    

Learning through observation.  

A device that produces pleasurable sensations when placed on or near the genital region. Sometimes used as a sex aid dildo. A device to produce vibrations, which may be used for massages. A machine used to generate vibrations of different frequencies, which have a stimulating effect when applied to different parts of the body. A…

The degree of capability to live and develop normally. The fact of being viable. The capacity for germination or renewed growth in a stored seed or bulb. Seeds vary greatly in the time they remain viable, from a few days in some tropical trees such as cocoa, to a few weeks in camellias, to more…

Reflexes present at birth but which disappear after the first few months of life.  

An organ no longer serving a useful purpose in the body. An organ that is underdeveloped in humans but is fully functional in some animals.  

A set of receptors that provide information about the orientation and movements of the head, located in the semicircular canals and the vestibular sacs of the inner ear.  

A structure of the inner ear containing three semicircular canals filled with fluid. The assists the person in maintaining equilibrium.  

Muscles located beneath the bulbocavernosus muscles on both sides of the vaginal opening. One of the two sacculated collections of veins, lying on either side of the vagina beneath the bulbocavernosus muscle, connected anteriorly by the pars intermedia, and through this strip of cavernous tissue communicating with the erectile tissue of the clitoris. The vestibular…