The latter represents the contrast between basic science on the one hand and practicing science on the other hand (Perkins 2009).These involve scientific concerns, i.e. in-principle differences in methods, data, theory, and philosophy (Varma et al. 2008).
The model considers tensions stemming from the pressures of expediency for meeting national developmental goals on the one side, and the call to support the objectives of basic science on the other.
But she is also keen on basic science: on the search for the next Internet-sized breakthrough.
This in turn will have practical implications for both applied and basic sciences on intervention in atypical brain development.
Today, there is a rather greater emphasis on developing drugs that eradicate these infectious organisms with a single, one-time dose than there is on experiments that focus on the basic science of the disease.
"A lot of people have followed that up," he told me, but he has moved on, and is currently focussed on the basic science of the brain, where "the opportunities dwarf everything else in terms of impact".
"We are certainly not taking a critical stance on the basic science of the greenhouse effect or the fact that CO2 emissions in the atmosphere are having an effect on the climate".
But such talks often involve "a good bit of excellent basic science" on topics such as the action of a drug, says AHA Chief Science Officer Rose Marie Robertson.
Given that the basic science on global warming is settled and that an international process is still moving forward, he said, where's the political hazard?
Because I've been involved in its development, I can most easily relate its ideas to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and the underlying basic science on which ACT stands, which an international community of clinicians and researchers has spent about 30 years creating and testing.
