BODY DISFIGUREMENT
n. an obvious defect in appearance which is visible to the naked eye. It may be a congenital malformation or…
BODY POSITIONING
n. the notion that a person's posture and body position can affect functions such as learning, memory, recall, and recovery.…
BORDERLINE SCHIZOPHRENIA
n. historically, refers to a condition wherein the patient is mostly in-touch with reality, yet inconsistently shows symptoms of schizophrenia…
BOUND MORPHEME
n. in linguistics, refers to a morpheme that cannot stand alone but rather needs to be attached to a root…
BRACHIUM CONJUNCTIVUM
n. A fibrous band of tissue which forms the rostral part of the superior cerebellar peduncle. It extends from the…
BRAIN CENTER
n. any of the areas and regions of the brain which are known to perform one or more specific functions.…
BRAIN POTENTIAL
n. the electrical potential which occurs in brain cells, enabling them to transmit impulses to and from the central nervous…
BRAIN-WAVE THERAPY
n. in alternative therapy, refers to the stimulation of specific sound waves in order to enhance learning,memory, relaxation, and sleep.…
BREATHING RETRAINING
in behavior therapy, refers to slow, diaphragmatic breathing which is taught in different methods such as therapist modeling or corrective…
BRIGHTNESS CONSTANCY
n. a condition of maintaining perceptual constancy in viewing familiar objects. Thus, anything familiar to the eye (like a blank…
BRODMANN'S CYTOARCHITECTONIC AREA
n. the pattern used as a basis for mapping out the cerebral cortex as Brodmann's area. It is architecturally based…
BRUCE EFFECT
n. the effect that chemical signals (i.e. urinal pheromones) have in blocking the pregnancy of female rodents. Being exposed to…
BUPHTHALMOS
n. a bulging or enlargement of the eye that is abnormally observed in newborns and infants. It is often diagnosed…
BUTORPHANOL
n. an analgesic which is medically prescribed for migraine headaches and other conditions involving moderate to severe pain. (Trade name:…
BALANCED SCALE
refers to a scale whereby, for each alternative, there is another alternative that means the exact opposite. An example is…