"All You Need is Holt"-is the socio-cultural phenomenon a problem for a neorealist ecological psychology?

The aim of this paper is to discuss Charles's (2011) attempt to turn E.B. Holt's theoretical approach into the only possible bridge to connect Gibsonian ecological psychology with social psychology.

Historiography of psychology in Spain: the last decade.

History of psychology has been an extremely active field for many years in Spain. Both the great expansion of psychological studies and the inclusion of history as a compulsory subject in the psychology curriculum are crucial factors helping to understand the current state of affairs. The aim of this paper is to provide a survey of the work done in this area over the last decade, covering research, teaching, and institutional developments.

The soul of Spain: Spanish scholastic psychology and the making of modem subjectivity (1875-1931).

The aim of this article is to provide an approach to the study of the relations between psychology and Roman Catholic Scholasticism in the making of Spain as a modern nation-state. The crucial period in this process-extending from the beginning of King Alfonso XII's reign in 1875 to the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931-is considered. Attention is focused on Ethics textbooks published by Spanish Scholastic authors throughout the period.

The congress that never was: the Madrid International Congress of Psychology (1936).

The 11th International Congress of Psychology did not take place in Madrid in September 1936, as initially planned. Instead, it was held in Paris in July of the following year. The finding of a so-far unpublished correspondence between the main organizers of the event, the Spanish psychologists José Germain and Emilio Mira, and the Swiss psychologist Edouard Claparède, makes it possible to gain new insight into the circumstances preventing its celebration in Madrid.

Westernalization in the mirror: on the cultural reception of western psychology.

Miki Takasuna's paper on "Proliferation of Western Methodological Thought in Psychology in Japan: Ways of Objectification" offers many significant clues for reconsidering the history and unity of psychology. Its treatment of the reception of psychology in Japan hints at the relevance of the models of the subject for psychology--including the allegedly "official" psychology. The aim of this paper is to suggest such reconsideration, on the basis of a distinction between psychology-importing and psychology-exporting countries, and provide a reflection on the cultural problems of assimilation by the latter of a discipline advanced by the former.

The origins of scientific psychology in Spain: the process of institutionalization.

The development of psychological science in Spain, as in other countries, was closely associated with the creation of institutions that sheltered and promoted its activities. Contrary to the case of German psychology, however, whose origins have been usefully epitomized by the foundation of Wundt's laboratory in Leipzig, no single institutional event can similarly be properly said to mark the beginning of Spanish scientific psychology. The institutionalization of modern psychology in Spain was instead a long, eventful process, often hindered by political uneasiness, difficult social conditions, and ideological confrontation.

Anthropometric variables and physical activity as predictors of cardiac cachexia.

Background: This study explored the frequency of cardiac cachexia in Mexican patients, the role of anthropometric variables as predictors of its development and its association with food intake and physical activity.

Methods: Seventy three patients with systolic heart failure were included in the study. Cardiac cachexia was defined as weight loss of >6.

Response to treatment during medium-term follow-up in a series of patients with neurocardiogenic syncope.

Background: Syncope is a common symptom that has different recurrence ratios. We hypothesized that an individualized treatment regimen including pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic measures considering kind of neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) and basal characteristics of each patient could allow optimized therapy to avoid recurrences.

Methods: We conducted a prospective study to evaluate performance of diverse accepted treatments for NCS.