LINGUAL GYRUS
a short protrusion of the cortical surface in the human brain from the occipital to the temporal lobes following the…
LINGUAL NERVE
supplies fibres from the trigeminal nerve, which is also the fifth cranial nerve, to the anterior two thirds of the…
LINGUISTIC APPROACH
a teaching method which assume children in the class who participate have a strong grasp of their mother tongue (oral…
LINGUISTIC DETERMINISM
a hypothesis first proposed by the U.S. linguists Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897 - 1941)…
LINGUISTIC INTERGROUP BIAS
otherwise known as the extremity effect or out-group homogeneity bias, linguistic group bias is the tendency of in-group members to…
LINGUISTIC MINORITY
a group of people who are a minority in their society to still speak a minority language.
LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
the idea that languages themselves differ and diverge in the way their sematic space is identified and organized by speakers…
LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY
a classification system used to organize languages based on their structural characteristics not historical relationships.
LINGUISTIC-KINESIC METHOD
a method of studying disorganized and disordered behaviours with respect to language.
LINGUISTICS
the study of the physical, structural, functional, psychological and social characteristics of the varying human languages.
LINK ANALYSIS
a process which entails looking at worker efficiency and safety in order to improve the sequence through which a worker…
LIOTHYRONINE
is a naturally occurring hormone found in the thyroid gland of humans. It has been used as an anti-depressive drug…
LIP PURSING
a habitual action where the lips purse, protruding forward out from their normal relaxed state. Observed widely in catatonic Schizophrenia.
LIPID-METABOLISM DISORDERS
a selection of anomalous metabolic processes which result in the accumulation of fatty substances in the blood and tissues of…
LIPODYSTROPHY
is an umbrella term used for any inability to regulate the process of lipid metabolism. Whilst lipodystrophy can occur in…
LIPOSTATIC HYPOTHESIS
a hypothesis that implies long-term food intake is regulated by the concentration of fats (otherwise known as lipids) in the…
LIPPS ILLUSION THEORY
first proposed by German philosopher and psychologist Theodor Lipps which aims to explain the perception of a variety of visual…
LIPREADING
a method of understanding or interpreting language typically used by those who do not have full use of their ears,…