The article explores the theory that the sense of hearing evolved to help an organism localize its position in space and perform aural analyses of that space and describes two major kinds of hearing loss--conductive and sensorineural. (PHR)

Elementary school children learn about good nutrition and physical fitness through a series of stories that form the basic structure of a health education curriculum. (JD)

A comparison is drawn between muscle use and timing in the skills of overarm throwing and of service in tennis. (JD)

A review of experiments which demonstrate the release of ATP from skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and active brain tissue. Effects of exogenously applied ATP to brain tissue are discussed in relation to whole body exercise. (Author/SA)

This issue presents 821 abstracts of research in physiology. Ten abstracts resulting from mini-seminars presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are also given. (SA)

Three types of training--circulatory, interval, and repetition--are used to develop middle distance and distance runners. (JMF)

A comprehensive physical fitness program maintained for employees by a corporation is described. (JD)

Presents a booklist of comprehensive and specialty textbooks in physiology. The list was compiled from a survey of 127 departments of physiology in medical and veterinary schools in the United States and Canada. The usual bibliographic information is provided. (MA)

The decrease in intraocular pressure during exercise and the first few minutes of recovery is related to a decrease in blood pH and an increase in blood lactate concentration, not to the intensity of the exercise. (MB)

This study investigated the question as to whether or not fatigue produced by performance of heavy physical work involving the legs would transfer to and impair following performance that utilized the muscles of the arms; under certain exercises and conditions transfer was found to take place. (JD)

The eighteenth century was an important period in the history of interest in active physical pursuits as a means of attaining and maintaining sound health and long life. (JD)

Presents an exercise that involves construction of a model by high school students to demonstrate respiratory mechanics. Engages students in interactive learning and stimulates interest for future science study. Challenges students and teachers to build, manipulate, and discuss their experience during the investigation of respiratory mechanics.…

This paper reviews what is known about the role of neurochemicals in controlling the development of the brain and in the pathophysiology of autism. Suggested approaches to further research involve using animal models, examining effects of drugs on neurochemicals, and using such technologies as positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance…

Results from the Gregorc Style Delineator (GSD), administered to 260 undergraduate nursing students, were compared with achievement scores in a human anatomy and physiology course. Factor analysis and VARIMAX rotation demonstrate that there is no relationship between any of the four learning styles allegedly identified by the GSD and achievement…

Examines research that suggests there are physiological differences between male and female brains. Considers the implications for adult education. (SK)