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LABELED LINES

Inputs to the brain that are nerve inputs and the brain conceptualized as each reporting only one particular type of

LACUNA

A gap or break, say, a gap in memory.

LAND THEORY OF COLOR VISION

a theory that colour registration proceeds in the brain. Demonstrations such as the land effect suggest that various wave lengths

LANGUAGE ESP

The ostensible phenomenon in which participants make an above chance number of correct calls or guesses about targets presented in

LATENCY OF RESPONSE

The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common

LAUGHTER

A vocalization used to express joy, happiness or amusement. Created by the rapid contraction and relaxation of the stomach and

LABELED-LINE THEORY OF TASTE CODING

The taste is perceived exclusively as a product of activity in that labelled line activity in neurons outside the labelled

LACUNAR STROKE

Lacunar strokes account for about 20% of strokes, it is caused by a small arc: ions resulting from obstruction of

LANDAU REFLEX

Absence of the reflex is a sign of a neurological disorder such as cerebral palsy or motor neurons disease. When

LANGUAGE LOCALIZATION

Since 1861 it has been postulated that speech processing was localized near the third frontal convolution of the left hemisphere,

LATENCY STAGE

A stage in the Psychosexual Development of a child starting around age 3 through puberty when sexual libido turns to

LAURENCE-MOON-BIEDL SYNDROME

A degenerative disorder characterized by a degree of obsety, below average intelligence, retina abnormalities, and extra fingers or toes. Associated

LABELING

Patient may be incomplete or misleading, because not all cases conform to the sharply defined characteristics of the standard diagnostic

LADD-FRANKLIN THEORY

It is based on the notion that light of a certain wave length causes substances to be released from a

LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME

Many children with the disorder experience seizures which generally disappear by adulthood, the syndrome usually occurs in children between the

LANGUAGE LOYALTY

using a minority language by a speech community or any of its members

LATENT CONTENT

1. Hidden meaning in communication 2. Unconscious wishes expressed through dream or fantasy in symbolic representation as part of psychoanalytic theory.

LAW OF ADVANTAGE

The theory that defines the process of thinking when one of two or more inconsistent or incompatible responses has an

LABELING THEORY

Describing an individual as deviant and then treating them as such may result in mental disorder or delinquency also called

LADD-FRANKLIN, CHRISTINE

He worked on mathematics led to an articles on a technical problem with binocular vision in the first issue if