PARABIOTIC PREPARATION
two hereditarily alike animals which have been surgically linked at some anatomical structure, resulting in a mutual circulation of blood.…
PARACENTRAL SCOTOMA
a small area of blindness in the central visual region encompassing, but not consisting of, the fovea. The monocular type…
PARACENTRAL VISION
a type of vision which utilizes the retinal area immediately encompassing, but not consisting of, the fovea centralis.
PARACHLOROPHENYLALANINE
noun. a compound which inhibits the synthesis of serotonin from tryptophan, generating an elimination of serotonin from brain cells.
PARACONTRAST
noun. a type of forward masking wherein the understanding of an observable stimulant is changed by the previous presentation of…
PARADIGM CLASH
with regard to science or philosophy, the conflict which takes place whenever a new group of basic presumptions about reality…
PARADIGM SHIFT
with regard to the influential 1962 analysis of scientific revolutions, an extremely significant and quite swift alteration in the entire…
PARADOX OF FREEDOM
a basic paradox which grows under presumptions of determinism in human behavior: mainly, that even though particular behaviors can be…
PARADOXICAL COLD
an impact generated in thermal nerve endings which are vulnerable to both heat and cold. The nerve fibers have double…
PARADOXICAL DIRECTIVE
an instruction by a therapy professional toward the client to do exactly the opposite of what common sense would guide…
PARADOXICAL INTENTION
initially performed by Austrian psychiatrist Viktor K. Frankl, a psychotherapeutic method wherein the patient is asked to exaggerate an uncomfortable,…
PARADOXICAL MOTION
the global understanding of movement within a movement aftereffect although the sole components in the picture don't seem to move.
PARADOXICAL REACTION
with regard to pharmacology, a drug response which contradicts the predicted effect, for instance, worsening of anxiety following the deliverance…
PARADOXICAL TECHNIQUE
a therapeutic method wherein a patient is guided by the therapy professional to keep engaging in unfavored symptomatic behavior, and…
PARADOXICAL THINKING
cognition characterized by contradiction of common logical procedures. Even though this form of thinking can be correlated with skewed thought…