PILOERECTION
noun. a transient roughness of the skin's surface due to contracting of the piloerector muscles, that elevate the hairs, and…
PILOMOTOR EFFECT
contracting of the piloerector muscles, that causes the hairs on the skin's surface to stand upward. Commonly referred to as…
PILOT SELECTION
the evaluation of a candidate in effort to decide whether they have the dexterity, aptitudes, and psychomotor abilities required to…
PILOT STUDY
a preemptive research project modeled to assess and change procedure in readying for a subsequent and more complex research project.…
PILOT TESTING
the assessment of some factor of the research materials or procedure utilized in a pilot study.
PILTZ'S REFLEX
an automatic and indeliberate escalation in the size of the pupil whenever attending to an item or occurence.
PINEAL GLAND
a small, cone-shaped gland adhered by a stalk to the posterior wall of the brain's third ventricle. With regard to…
PINEL'S SYSTEM
a categorization of cognitive disorders and indicators described in the 18th century. The four primary classifications were: dementia or mental…
PIPERIDINEDIONES
noun. a category of chemically corresponding drugs previously utilized for daytime sedation or the controlling of insomnia but no longer…
PIPER'S LAW
the standard that for a uniformly aroused retinal region peripheral to the fovea, the threshold for luminance is inversely proportional…
PITCH DISCRIMINATION
the capacity to recognize modifications in noise based upon pitch. It is more properly referred to as frequency discrimination because…
PITHIATISM
a previous term for somatization disorder, proposed by French neurologist Joseph Babinski as a supplement for hysteria. It was based…
PITRES' RULE
a generalization postulating that whenever a multilingual individual recovers from aphasia inflicted by a cerebral injury or stroke, the language…
PITUITARISM
disordered operating of the pituitary gland, that might be underactive or overactive.
PITUITARY GLAND
a gland, pea-sized in humans, which is located at the base of the brain, linked by a stalk to the…