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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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VASODILATOR

noun. any drug or other substance which acts to widen the girth of blood vessels, usually by calming smooth muscle

VENIRE

noun. a group of prospective jurors pulled from the community. Commonly, they're chosen at random from large lists, like licensed

VENTRAL

regarding the front anterior region of the body or the brain's lower inferior exterior.

VENTILATION

with regard to counseling and psychotherapy, a patient

VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT

a surgically made pathway for draining cerebrospinal fluid from the brain's ventricles to the exterior jugular vein, as in the

VENTRICULOMEGALY

noun. irregular or odd overgrowth of a ventricle.

VAS DEFERENS

the duct of the testis which transfers spermatozoa from the epididymis onto the ejaculatory duct, shaped by union of the

VENN DIAGRAM

a visual symbolization of components and associations in set algebra. It is a figure wherein circles symbolize the set's components,

VENTROPOSTERIOR NUCLEAR COMPLEX

this additionally is are inclusive of the ventoposterior superior nucleus, that is recipient to incoming data from muscle spindles, and

VENTROPOSTERIOR NUCLEUS

a nucleus of the thalamus inside the brain which conveys messages to the main somatosensory region inside the anterior parietal

VENTRICULOSTOMY

noun. a remediation for hydrocephalus wherein an opening is made between the third ventricle's floor in the brain and the

VENTRAL STREAM

a sequence of specialized visual areas inside the brain's cerebral cortex which begin inside the occipital lobe's striate cortex and

VERBAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY

a type of behavior therapy, cultivated within the 1960's, which is based upon the standards of observational learning and conditioning

VERBAL ABILITY (V)

exhibited skill to understand and correspond adequately with words. At times, a differention is made between receptive and productive skills.

VERBAL AMNESIA

a loss of the capacity to recall words because of neurological disorder or illness.

VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME

a group of indicators elicited by experimental lesions inside the ven tromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus inside the brain. The

VERBAL FACTOR

a factor attained through factor analysis which symbolizes the latent characteristic rooted in verbal skills.

VERBAL CONDITIONING

the conditioning of a verbal reaction via reinforcement, generally rendered in the form of reward or positive attention. The experiment

VERBAL INTELLIGENCE

the capacity to utilize words and mixtures of words well in correspondence and problem solving.

VENTRAL ROOT

any of the spinal roots which transport motor nerve fibers and stem from the spinal cord ventrally on both sides.