ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD
Gestalt psychology. The context in which an event occurs and its components interact.
ENZYME INHIBITION
Ability of drugs to impair enzyme action, mainly in the liver, to metabolise drugs or other substances.
EPINEPHRINE
A catecholamine neurotransmitter and adrenal hormone that is the end product of metabolising tyrosine. Also called adrenaline.
EPITHELIUM
The layer of cells covering the outer surface of the body and lining body cavities.
ERIKSEN FLANKERS TASK
A task where stimuli are assigned one of two responses and the particpant needs to respond to the target stimulus…
ERROR SCORE
Classical test theory. The diference between the expected score and the actual score.
ESP FREE-RESPONSE TEST
Parapsychology experiments where the gueses are not restricted to a set of determined responses. Compare ESP forced choice test.
ESTIMABLE FUNCTION
The function that the parameters of a model can be estimated from the data.
ETHNOGRAPHY
Describing the study of cultures based on direct observation. Compare ethnology. See etnography.
EVOLUTION OF THE BRAIN
Concept dealing with the barin developing over many millions of years from a small bundle of nerve fibres. See cephalisation.