GENDER IDENTITY
the recognition of being male or female resulting from a combination of biological and psychic influences, family attitudes and cultural…
GENERAL PARESIS
dementia associated with an advanced neurosyphilitic infection in the brain. It is now rare as it is diagnosed early now.…
GENERALIZED SEIZURE
a seizure where abnormal electrical activity involves the entire brain rather than a specific focal area. The two most common…
GENETIC ENGINEERING
a set of techniques where genetic contents of living cells or viruses can be deliberately altered, by modifying the existing…
GENETOTROPIC DISEASE
the term that describes any disease caused by an inherited enzyme defect or deficiency. Phenylketonuria and other inborn errors of…
GENITALIZATION
1. Psychoanalytic theory. Focus of the libido on non-sexual objects that resemble or symbolise the sex organs. See fetish. 2.…
GEOMETRICAL ILLUSION
a figure made of straight or curved lines in which the lines or their interrelationships are misinterpreted by the visual…
GERM THEORY
the doctrine stating that infectious diseases are caused by the presence and activity in body tissues of microorganisms, such as…
GESTALT PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION
Principles of perception that are derived by Gestalt psychologists that describe the tendency to perceive and interpret certain configurations at…
GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE (GOS)
Ratings scale to assess a person's social activity and independent ability to function after a severe head trauma. 5 categories…
GLOBALIZATION
the term for the process of a commercial organisation moving from locally produced and distributed to a international model due…
GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER
the name given to the molecule that spans the plasma membrane of a cell and transports the glucose molecules across…
GNOTHI SE AUTON
The pursuit of self knowledge, key element in Socrates philosophy. Greek for know thyself. Inscribed over the portico at Apollo's…
GODEL'S PROOF
a proof that a logic system that is at least as powerful as an arithmetic rule is possible to deduct…
GONADOTROPIN
Name of several hormones that stimulate functions of the gonads. They include follicle stimulating hormone and luteinising hormone that is…
GOODNESS OF CONFIGURATION
the quality of a shape or a form with high levels of simplicity, symmetry, regularity and continuity. A mind can…
GRADED POTENTIAL
neural potential not propagated but will decline with distance from a source. Includes receptor potentials, post synaptic potentials, subthreshold potentials.…
GRANULAR CORTEX
Part of the cerebral cortex containing granule cells that are found in layers 2 and 4 of the cortex. Refers…