MECHANICAL INTELLIGENCE
the ability to understand and internalize mechanical relationships.
MEDIAL LEMNISCUS
carry fibres from the spinal cord to the midbrain, communicating with the thalamus.
MEDIATION THEORY
which agrees with the idea that a stimulus has an effect in line with the previous experiences and thoughts of…
MEDICATION
is the act of prescribing a drug or set of drugs, or non-invasive therapies such as breathing exercises to a…
MENAGE A TROIS
is a term used to describe a relationship between three people, not two, who typically live in the same accommodation,…
MENTAL COMBINATION
is one small part (the final sub phase of the sensorimo stage) of Jean Piaget's larger theory of cognitive development…
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
a qualified professional who is licensed to provide counselling either independently or as part of a treatment team.
MENTAL PAPER-FOLDING TEST
requires the participants to fold a piece of paper to form a final 3-D creation, testing their three-dimensional spatial visualization…
MESOLIMBIC SYSTEM
is a network of neurons sensitive to dopamine in the brain which receives stimuli from the ventral tec, mental area…
METABOLIC DEFECT
an umbrella term to describe any enzymatic deficiency or inability to transport substances efficiently across cell membranes due to external…
METEMPIRICAL
first described by British writer George Henry Lewes (1817 - 1878) who said that metempirical knowledge is not a subject…
METHOD OF DIFFERENCE
one of the first five canons of empirical science, the second canon to be specific which were first proposed by…
METHODOLOGICAL SOLIPSISM
the adoption of solipsism as a philosophical position because the contrary position is simply no longer tenable.
MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST (MAST)
is a 25 question test which aims to evaluate an individuals ability to self-measure the level of their alcohol abuse…