GUSTATORY NEURON TYPES
These are the categories that taste neurons are grouped into according to sensitivity to taste. 40% to sweet, 35% to…
GYRATOR TREATMENT
Alternative psychiatric treatment of the 18th and 19th centuries for people with torpid and melancholic conditions that was attributed to…
GAMMA EFFERENT NEURON
the name of a motor neuron that controls muscle spindle sensitivity. Compare alpha motor neuron.
GAP JUNCTION
An intercellular junction with a gap of about 2-4 nm between the plasma membranes of two cells, spanned by protein…
GASTRULATION
a stage in embryonic development when the blastula is reorganised to form the gastrula that is the basic form of…
GEMEINSCHAFT
This applies to a type of society or social group based on a community of feeling resulting from shared life…
GENDER NONCONFORMITY
the term that applies to the behaviour that differs from that of others of the same sex or from cultural…
GENE-GENE INTERACTION
the name that is given to the interaction between two or more genes that may be responsible for the development…
GENERAL SEMANTICS
The early attempt in philosophy of language to establish the relationship between words and referents on a scientific basis. Proved…
GENERATION EFFECT
effect that memory for items to be remembered in an experiment is enhanced if the participants help to generate the…
GENETIC LINGUISTICS
Languages are classifies into 18 families. Each has developed from a common ancestral proto-language. Larger families are divided into subfamilies.…
GENICULATE NUCLEUS
Cluster of nerve cell bodies that are on the thalamus. There are 2 pairs, lateral and medial, one on each…
GERMINAL STAGE
1. Humans. The first 2 weeks of prenatal life after fertilisation where the egg moves to the uterus and is…
GESTALT THERAPY
a form of psychotherapy where the focus is on the totality of a person's functioning and relationships in the here…
GIBSON, JAMES JEROME
US psychologist 1904-1979. married Eleanor Jack. He was a respected experimental psychologist and studied visual perception and ecological perception. He…
GLOBUS PHARYNGEUS
Sensation of having a lump in your throat where there is no medical cause identified. It can be a symptom…