VARIABLE-INTERVAL REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE (VI SCHEDULE)
with regard to free-operant conditioning, a form of interval reinforcement wherein such displayed for the first reaction following the passing…
VAS DEFERENS
the duct of the testis which transfers spermatozoa from the epididymis onto the ejaculatory duct, shaped by union of the…
VASOCONSTRICTION
noun. thinning of blood vessels, that is managed by vasomotor nerves of the SNS or via agents like the vasopressin…
VASODILATION
noun. widening of blood vessels, through the functioning of a vasomotor nerve or a medicine, that has the impact of…
VASCULAR DEPRESSION
a major depressive episode which takes place soon following the start or remediation of cardiovascular illness or which is presumed…
VEGETATIVE STATE
a condition wherein a person is not able to move or correspond with others, not aware of their self or…
VEGETATIVE SOUL
with regard to the ideas of Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, the form of soul possessed by plants.
VENTRAL AMYGDALOFUGAL PATHWAY
Inside the brain, the bigger of the two efferent pathways from the amygdala. It transports fibers to the hypothalamus and…
VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX
with regard to multivariate statistics, a matrix whose diagonal components are the variances of variants and whose non-diagonal components are…
VEGETATIVE
1. pertaining to fundamental physiological operations, like those engaged in development, breathing, sleeping, digesting, excreting waste, and homeostasis, that are…
VENTRICULAR SYSTEM
the network of ventricles and paths inside the spinal cord, brain, and subarachnoid cavity via which the cerebrospinal fluid filtrates…
VENTRAL ROOT
any of the spinal roots which transport motor nerve fibers and stem from the spinal cord ventrally on both sides.
VELOCITY OF CONDUCTION
the speed with which nerve impulses progress along the axon of a neuron. Gauges by various methods dictate that axons…