NEURAL SATIATION
is the tendency for a neuron to respond weakly after the conductance of a strong stimulation.
NEUROCRINE
describes neurones which secrete agonists such as neurotransmitters at their synapses.
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
is the physical gap between a motor neuron and the muscle fibre which it stimulates. Once a stimulus arrives at…
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
which arise from brain damage are treated using psychological methods to manage the cognitive, emotional and behavioural problems.
NEUROTIC RESIGNATION
was first described by U.S. psychoanalyst Karen Homey (1885 - 1952) as the avoidance of any one (or more) aspect…
NEUTRALIZER
first described by U.S. psychotherapist Samuel Richard Slavson where a member of a therapy group will modify aggressive and impulsive…
NIGHT-EATING SYNDROME
was first described by Albert J. Stunkard in 1955 who characterized the night-eating syndrome as having the following symptoms- insomnia,…
NIULTIPLC-INTELLIGCNCES THEORY
was first proposed by U.S. psychologist Howard Gardner, who said that intelligence was made up of 8 categories: linguistic, musical,…
NODE OF RANVIER
are found on myelinated neurons, the myelin sheaths are not continuous, there are gaps between where one starts and the…
NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE (NGT)
is a method of group problem solving which aims to remove the pressures of majority influence by getting participants to…
NONADDITIVE
defines a value or set of values which cannot be summarized through addition due to the overall integer which is…
NONCONSCIOUS SELF-REGULATION
the procedure of progressing toward a favored objective or away from an unfavored objective without knowing one is doing so.
NONGONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS (NGU)
an infection of the genital tract, generally sexually transmitted, a result of an agent different from the gonococcus. The infected…
NONRANDOMIZED DESIGN
any of a big amount of research models wherein sampling units aren't delegated to experimental scenarios at random.
NONVERBAL AUDITORY PERCEPTION TEST
an examination which analyzed and determiens non-verbal auditory traits, like the examination of tone and rhythm and the recognition of…
NUCLEIC ACID
a big molecule which contains a chain of nucleotides. Nucleic acids are of two forms, dna and rna, and are…