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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.

NEUROHUMOR

Defines a local neurohormone or neurotransmitter such as serotonin.

NEURON DOCTRINE

first proposed by German physician Heinrich Wilhelm von Waldever- Hartz (1836-1921) in 1891 who said that the nervous system is

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

is a combination of neuroscience and psychology.

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

NOETIC

was proposed by Estonian-born Canadian psychologist Endel Tulving (1927 - ) who implied that noetic consciousness is a state of

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

NONREACTIVE OBSERVATION

any observation which doesn't influence what is being viewed.

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