NEURAL SUBSTRATE
one of the parts of the central nervous system which regulates a specific behaviour.
NEUROEFFECTOR JUNCTION
describes any connection which is made between a neuron and a muscle or gland.
NEURON DOCTRINE
first proposed by German physician Heinrich Wilhelm von Waldever- Hartz (1836-1921) in 1891 who said that the nervous system is…
NEUROTIC TREND
was first described by U.S. psychoanalyst Karen Horney (1885 - 1952) in one of her wider theories. Neurotic trends were…
NEW-LOOK THEORY OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
was first proposed by U.S. psychologists Joel Cooper and Russel H. Fazio who suggested a version of the already established…
NIGHTMARE DISORDER
is described in the DSM (Diagnostic Statistical Manual) as: a sleep disorder characterized by the repeated occurrence of frightening dreams…
NMDA HYPOTHESIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
is a hypothesis which believes the NMDA receptor complex is centrally involved in the working memory of human beings and…
NOMINAL REALISM
describes a tendency for adults and children to refuse objects they believe are brandished with symbols which are not an…
NONAFFECTIVE HALLUCINATION
Similar to mood-incongruent psychotic features, a nonaffective hallucination is a hallucination which doesn
NONDECLARATIVE MEMORY
a collection of several different types of memory which function automatically and collect data which isn't within reach to aware…
NONJUDGMENTAL APPROACH
with regard to psychotherapy, the arrangement or demonstration of a unbiased, noncritical outlook on the part of the therapist. the…
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION (NVC)
the act of communicating data without the utilization of words. Non-verbal communication takes place by way of gestures, tone of…
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
an abstract continuous probability distribution which is na act of two parameters: the expected value, p, and the variance, o.…
NORRIE'S DISEASE
a form of congenital blindness which is rendered by an X-linked inherited flaw, only in men. Progressive loss of audile…
NOVELTY HYPOTHESIS
the claim postulating the contents of awareness as being expected or assumed by their novelty, based upon the observation that…
NUCLEOPLASM
the material held in the cell's nucleus. It is tied together by the nuclear envelope, that parts it from the…