FLIGHT OF IDEAS
a disturbance in the thinking processes that is a rapid and continuous succession of ideas that are related. It can…
FLIGHT OF COLORS
the term that is applied to the after-image that consists of a succession of colours that occurs after exposure to…
FIVE-TO-SEVEN SHIFT
Name given to the large progress that is seen in a child's development between the ages of 5 and 7.…
FETAL DISTRESS
the condition of a foetus whose life or health is threatened by the effects of a disease or disorder originating…
FETAL MONITORING
the measuring of the physiological characteristics of the foetus. Foetal monitoring is used to assess the well-being of the foetus…
FLOWER-SPRAY ENDING
the name given to the nerve fibre ending that is at the thin ends of a muscle spindle where the…
FLOW PATTERN
a term that is used to describe the aggregate movement of the elements that are in a visual scene as…
FLOURISHING
a term describing the good mental and physical health, the state of being free from illnesses and distress and being…
FLUENT APHASIA
the term for aphasia where a person can speak well but has trouble in naming objects and understanding language. Compare…
FLUENT SPEECH
This term is applied to speech that is essentially normal in quantity, stress, pitch, rhythm, and intonation. A person with…
FLUID-CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE THEORY
the theory that intelligence is of 2 kinds, fluid and crystallised. Fluid copes with new problems and situations where as…
FLUID INTELLIGENCE
the name of the form of intelligence that comprises all of our fluid abilities. See fluid crystallised intelligence theory.
FLICKER STIMULUS
the name that is used to describe a periodically changing auditory or visual stimulus that will make a rapidly alternating…
FLUMAZENIL
the drug that is used to reverse the symptoms of an overdose of benzodiazepine and to reverse anaesthesia. It displaces…
INVERSE AGONIST
Binds to the same receptor site and is an agent or drug, it becomes another agent but produces an opposite…
FLICKER FUSION
the sensation produced by a flickering light when the rate of flickering is so rapid that the light pulses fuse…