ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME
a disorder created by the actions of anticholinergic drugs, which have caused unwanted effects on the central and peripheral nervous…
ANTICONFORMITY
n. a deliberate, self-conscious refusal to comply with accepted social norms, often accompanied by the expression of ideas, beliefs, or…
ANXIETY STATE
1. see also anxiety neurosis. 2. formerly considered to be a traumatic neurosis precipitated by a wartime experience. This manifests…
APERT'S SYNDROME
a genetic condition in which the baby has an abnormal shaped head due to the premature closure of some of…
APOLIPOPROTEIN E (APOE)
refers to a protein that may help break down beta-amyloid. Individuals carrying a ApoE4 allele, are statistically more likely to…
APPARENT SIZE
the size of a stimulus according to the perceiver. This depends on many factors in addition to the size of…
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
the application of linguistic methods to practical cases. Typical contexts for this concept include language teaching, the treatment of language…
ARBITRARY SYMBOL
a linguistic sign, for example, a verbally spoken word, that bears no obvious resemblance to the thing or concept signified.…
ARGYLL ROBERTSON PUPIL
a pupil that does not respond to light and reacts slowly to drugs that induce pupil contraction, but responds to…
ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION
a congenital deformity in which the medulla oblongata and cerebellum protrude through the foramen magnum. This means that the cerebellum…
AROUSAL TRANSFER
an increase in the intensity of one emotion that follows the experience of an initial emotion. For instance, the intensity…
ARTERIOLE REACTION
a response controlled by the autonomic nervous system that changes the diameter of the arterioles. Since arterioles control the flow…
ARTICULATORY PHONETICS
the branch of phonetics relating to the physiology of the articulatory mechanisms in human beings and the unique physical properties…