MIDDLE KNOWLEDGE
is a cognitive state which occurs to patients with a terminal illness where they actively recognize and realise their mortality.…
MILITARY SERVICE
is a service entered into either by conscription or volunteer into the armed forces of a state.
MINIATURE SYSTEM
is the integrated knowledge, which includes facts and assumptions about a small area of study, usually within a sub-strand of…
MINIMUM VISIBLE
is the narrowest a visual stimuli can be before it becomes impossible to see.
MIRROR SIGN
was first theorised by Paul Abely in 1927 as a potential symptom of Schizophrenia where an individual will look at…
MIXED CEREBRAL DOMINANCE
can result in speech disorders as a result of neither cerebral hemispheres clearly controlling their respective motor functions.
MODEL PSYCHOSIS
was a technique used widely in the 1950s in which drugs were deliberately injected into animal subjects to induce psychotic…
MODULATORY ROLE
in genetics, some genes play a modulatory role by switching off other genes which may be detrimental to the development…
MONOCULAR CUE
involves the use of only one eye when giving a visual cue to the perception of distance or depth.
MONORHINIC
describes the presentation of a single odorant to the nostril via an olfactometer.
MOOD STABILIZERS
are used to reduce the symptoms of mania or manic episodes during the general treatment of cyclic mood disorders including…
MORAL DEVELOPMENT
is the gradual and progressive development of an individuals understanding grasping of the wrong and right principles, conscious, ethical and…
MORBID OBESITY
results in disease. Excess body weight will initially interfere with basic day to day activities and living conditions, such as…
MORPHOLOGICAL INDEX
is an index which describes a particular body build based on body proportions.
MOST COMFORTABLE LOUDNESS (MCL)
defines the sound level which is most comfortable for an individual listening to the sound.