RELEASE FROM PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE
Reclamation of the ability to easily recall items in one category after changing categories of information to be recalled.
RELEASE PHENOMENON
The release of any pathologic impediment, either inhibitory or viscous, in soft tissues. Most often resulting from myofascial release, oscillation,…
RELEASE THEORY OF HUMOR
A theory positing that individuals can laugh to release built-up psychic energy.
RELEASING HORMONE
One of many different peptides emitted by the hypothalamus, secreted directly into the anterior pituitary gland by a vein which…
RELIABILITY
Extent to which a test measurement or device produces like results consistently, regardless of observers, investigators, or time at which…
RELIABILITY OF COMPONENTS
Median reliability of various items or subtests offered within a test. See also: item-to-item reliability.
RELIGIOUS DELUSIONS
Cognitive phenomena known in psychiatry. Beliefs and ideas found within the psychosis are held with certainty and maintained by the…
RELIGIOUS INSTINCT HYPOTHESIS
Hypothesis proposing that humans are generally drawn to belief in a higher power. Utilized by some believers as the main…
RELIGIOUS MANIA
Often accompanied by religious hallucinations, the state of extreme hyperactivity and fretfulness experienced by religious adherents.
REM BEHAVIOR DISORDER (RBD)
Disorder which allows motor activity during the REM stage of sleep, often resulting in the physical enactment of a dream…
REMEMBERING
To recall with effort or think of again. To retain information in memory. Spontaneously recalling information stored in the memory.
REMEMBER-KNOW PROCEDURE
Process for evaluating memory awareness, wherein the subject must ascertain the difference between remembering and knowing. Remembering allows the experience…
REMINISCENCE THERAPY
Utilization of written or oral life histories in order to enhance psychological well-being.