For three days, the most renowned cancer experts from both sides of the Atlantic held an intense debate and exchange of knowledge during the International Week for Cancer Research, organized by the New York Association for Science (NYAS) and held in Barcelona's CosmoCaixa museum.

Jordi Montaner | 1 june 2010

Psychology is no stranger to the wave of new technologies that have revolutionized the way we interact and communicate. Therapists are well aware of this revolution, and this has led experts to analyze the pros and cons of these “next-generation treatments” offered on the Internet. The College of Psychologists of Catalonia has included these on-line techniques in its code of ethics, and a variety of websites now offer such services. Phobias, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, insomnia, eating disorders and certain addictions are some of the diseases people are increasingly willing to seek treatment for via the anonymity of the web.

Núria Llavina Rubio | 30 abril 2010

With the conference "The Neurobiology of Human Aggression" Adolf Tobeña, Professor of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), opened the first National Congress on Conduct in the monastery of Sant Benet in Bages, Spain. The subject of his conference, moreover, was as defiant as it was provocative. Humans, Tobeña argued, are not morally superior to animals, and nor can we presume to be morally superior or more cultured. According to the expert, in psychology, everything parts for a common unit, the brain, and from a determinate chemical base.

Jordi Montaner | 20 may 2010

The possible ban on bullfighting in Catalonia raises a question. If the bulls in the ring can not suffer, is there a right to inflict pain on animals that are eaten, become clothes or are killed in scientific experiments? The experts are optimistic: the law recognizes increasingly clearly that an animal is much more than an object.

Michele Catanzaro | 23 March 2010