GRANULAR CORTEX
Part of the cerebral cortex containing granule cells that are found in layers 2 and 4 of the cortex. Refers…
GRACILE TUBERCLE
Elongated swelling on the upper end of the gracile fasciculus in the medulla oblongata. Tubercle contains the nucleus gracilis that…
GRAPHOLOGY
the term used to describe the analysis of a person's handwriting as a means of inferring stable personality characteristics or…
GRAPHOMANIA
the term used to describe a pathological impulse to write. In its most severe form, it may degenerate into graphorrhea.
GRADE SCALE
term applied to the standardised scale with scores expressed in terms of the grade norm.
GRADE NORM
the name for the standard score or the range of scores representing average achievement of a set group of people.…
GRASP REFLEX
Involuntary reaction a person does when something touches the palm of their hand. Normal in infants before the cerebral cortex…
GRAECO-LATIN SQUARE
the term for the variant of a Latin square that superimposes one orthogonal Latin square upon another to allow for…
GRAY COMMISSURE
Bundle of nerve fibres that surrounds the central canal of the spinal cord and connects the anterior and dorsal horns…
GRAVITY-INDUCED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (G-LOC)
the term that describes the loss of consciousness associated with g-forces resulting from acceleration. It can occur suddenly and with…
GRANIT THEORY OF COLOR VISION
this is the name of the theory of perception of colour that relies on activating 3 types of cells. 1.…
GRANDMOTHER CELLS
These are the feature detector cells found in the visual association cortex that will be stimulated only by certain objects…
GRAPHORRHEA
the term used to describe the writing of long lists of incoherent, meaningless words that will sometimes occurs in the…
GRAPHIC METHOD
the name that describes the use of visual displays in the recording, presentation and interpretation of data.
GRAPHOMOTOR APRAXIA
the name used to describe an inability to perform the motor activities involved in writing or drawing despite normal capacity…
GRAY MATTER
The name for the area of neural tissue that is dominated by cell bodies and is devoid of myelin, such…
GOOD-FAITH BARGAINING
The principle that employers recognising a union as the representative of their employees must treat that union as the exclusive…