LIMBIC CORTEX
a structure found in the cerebral cortex of the brain which is associated with the limbic system.
LINEAR CAUSATION
a simple explanation of the cause and effect hypothesis in that a simple event will have been caused by a…
LINGUISTIC APPROACH
a teaching method which assume children in the class who participate have a strong grasp of their mother tongue (oral…
LIPREADING
a method of understanding or interpreting language typically used by those who do not have full use of their ears,…
LITIGIOUS PARANOIA
a strand of paranoia in which individuals quarrel consistently, claim persecution (which is usually untrue) and insist that their 'rights'…
LOCALIZED AMNESIA
a condition whose main symptom involves memory loss associated to one part of an individuals timeline.
LONG-TERM POTENTIATION (LTP)
the temporal enhancement of synaptic transmission between two neurons, or synapses. Neurons in hippocampal tissues have been reported to show…
LYMPHOCYTES
or T cells are a type of lymphocyte involved in the immune response. They develop in the thymus gland and…
LEAD-PIPE RIGIDITY
observed in sufferers of Parkinson's disease and Cerebral Palsy. It is a condition resulting in muscular rigidity resisting slow and…
LEARNING MODEL
a model which attempts to explain human development and behaviour which highlights the potential influence of any environmental factors on…
LEAST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE (LSD)
a measure which allows researchers to factor for any type I errors at a pre-specified confidence level.
LEUKOTOMY (LEUCOTOMY)
a psychosurgical procedure where the frontal lobes of the human brain were physically cut from the deeper grey matter centres…
LEVORPHANOL
is a pain killing drug which is reportedly four to six times more potent as other analgesics such as morphine.…