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METHOD OF CONSTANT STIMULI

is an experimental technique where participants are exposed to a constant stimulus to gauge their threshold value, the stimulus reported

METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM

is the acceptance of a value once multiple methodologies have been used.

MIANSERIN

is an antidepressant drug which has a similar action to that of mirtazapine, which is currently in use in a

MICROPHTHALMOS-CORNEAL OPACITY-SPASTICITY SYN

is a presumed hereditary disorder in children which results in small eyes, opaque corneas, mental retardation and spastic diplegia.

MICTURITION REFLEX

is the reflex contraction of the bladder as a response from stretch receptors. Children learn to suppress and control this

MIGRANAL

a common or trade name for a drug called dihydroergoamine.

MILITARY ENVIRONMENT

is an umbrella term used to describe any of the factors which can positively or negatively affect the human performance

MILLIGAN ANNIHILATION METHOD

is a treatment which involves three separate applications over three days until the desired regression is achieved.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION

is a type of meditation (which is an exercise of deep prolonged concentration) during which any feelings, emotions or thoughts

MINIMAL-CHANGE METHOD

an experimental technique whereby stimuli are presented in ascending and descending magnitude until the participant cannot detect a change, hence

MIRANDA WARNING

is a (usually verbal) warning given to suspects by police officers before their arrest.

MISATTRIBUTION OF AROUSAL

is the effect of misassigning the arousal as a result of one stimulus to different stimulus.

MISTRUST

see basic mistrust.

MIXED-FUNCTION ANTIDEPRESSANTS

are neurotransmitters which have the ability to affect the levels of more than one neurotransmitter which implies that the drugs

MODAL MODEL OF MEMORY

is one theory of memory which brings together the assumptions of a wide range of theories under one main theory

MODERNISM

is a term used widely amongst a huge range of topics. For example in the context of philosophy, modernization is

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS

the examination process which breaks down each process within a system into their constituent parts examining these fragments individually.

MONOAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTER THEORY

which explains the phenomena known as runner's where due to the high volume of neurotransmitters such as serotonin secreted into

MONOMANIA

usually manifests in humans as a fear of one idea or theology and can range from a subject area (such

MONOTONIC

describes a variable which increases or decreases exponentially with a second variable as that increases or decreases.