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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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PHONEMIC RESTORATION EFFECT

a psycholinguistic phenomenon wherein an individual listening to speech recordings wherein phonemes have been substituted with white noise or have

PHONEMICS

noun. the department of language regarding the categorization and study of the phonemes within a language. While phonetics attempts to

PHONETIC SYMBOLISM

the hypothesis postulating that there is a communication of some form between the sounds of words and their afferents, as

PHONETICS

noun. the department of language which analyzes the physical properties of speech noises and the physiological ways that these are

PHONICS

1. a way of teaching reading, commonly known as sounding out, which is based upon the noises of the letters

PHONISM

noun. a type of synesthesia wherein a sense of hearing is impacted via another sense, that being, by something which

PHONO- (PHON-)

combining form: sound, voice, or speech.

PHONOGRAM

noun. a graphic representation or symbolization of a term, syllable, or phoneme.

PHONOLOGICAL DISORDER

in the DSM-IV-TR, a communication disorder marked by failure to cultivate and steadily utilize speech noises which are proper for

PHONOLOGICAL DYSGRAPHIA

a handicapped capacity or an incapacity to sound out terms or write them phonetically.

PHONOLOGICAL DYSLEXIA

a type of acquired dyslexia marked mainly by troubles in reading pronounceable non-words. Semantic errors are not observed in this

PHONOLOGICAL LOOP

an element of working memory or short-term memory which stores verbal data by rehearsal over brief intervals of time.

PHONOLOGICAL RECODING

the utilization of reading abilities to transform written symbols into noises and words.

PHONOLOGY

the department of language which analyzes the system of speech sounds in a language or in linguistics generally. The word

PHONOPATHY

noun. an obsolescent terminology for any voice disorder.

PHONOSURGERY

noun. surgical intervention to preserve or better the voice or the ease with which phonation takes place. The word is

PHOSPHENE

noun. a feeling of a light flash in the absence of tangible light stimulation to the eye. It might take

PHOSPHOINOSITIDE

noun. any of a category of second messengers which are typical in postsynaptic cells.

PHOSPHORYLATION

the addition of at least one phosphate group.

PHOTIC DRIVING

the impact wherein the electrical activity of cortical neurons, as gauged through electroencephalography, is changed by rhythmically displayed light stimulants,