CARDIAC MUSCLE
n. a specialized type of muscle found in the heart. It is composed of involuntary, striated muscles with branching fibers…
CARE OF YOUNG
n. a parental behavior which manifests as the care and rearing of one's offspring. An instinctive reaction among animals, parents…
CAROTID ARTERY
n. a major artery (common carotid artery) which supplies oxygenated blood to the head, face, and neck. It ascends as…
CASANOVA COMPLEX
n. a strong desire that drives a man to make as many sexual conquests or take as many lovers as…
CATAPHASIA
n. a speech disorder in which there is involuntary yet successive repetition of the same word or same phrase. It…
CATCH-UP GROWTH
n. a phase of accelerated growth following a period of delayed and retarded growth. The latter often occurs because of…
CATEGORY TEST
n. a test which presents each participant with a series of six sub-tests, each set being assigned a number and…
CAUSAL AMBIGUITY
n. a scenario in which there are at least two kinds of phenomena operating in the same situation, and it…
CAUSE-AND-EFFECT TEST
n. a variety of intelligence tests that measure a participant's logical and causal reasoning. The test presents alternative causes for…
CELL MIGRATION
n. a process central to the development of multicellular structures. It involves the movement of cells from their site of…
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
an all-encompassing field of research wherein methods from computer science and manufactured intelligence are utilized to design theories based upon…
COMPUTER SLANGUAGE
common slang forms of speech used to represent computer operations and facets of such.
CONCENTRATION DIFFICULTY
a typical indication of a major depressive episode wherein the capacity to focus and think well is hindered.
CONCEPTUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
a pretend design of the physiologic and neurologic operations of the CNS and SNS that can be altered so that…
CONCRETE IMAGE
a vision that is recollected with respect to certain sense factors, like the smell of a specific perfume.
CONCURRENT-CHAINS PROCEDURE
a process wherein fulfillment of either of two aligned schedules of insurance, termed the initial links, causes the surfacing of…
CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE (CPP)
a method used for figuring out whether or not experience with specific stimulants will reinforce the area wherein the experience…
CONDUCTION WITH DECREMENT
the rapid decomposition in the length and girth of a membrane potential with space from the area of arousal whenever…