NARCOSYNTHESIS
involves the administration of narcotics which stimulate the recall of emotional traumas in the individuals life. These experiences are then…
NATIONAL ACADEMIES NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY 111 (NAMI)
is a network of self-help groups which span across America providing emotional and educational support for the families of those…
NATURAL MONISM
implies that all sciences are reducible to physics and chemistry. Natural monism is the theory that there is a single…
NEFAZODONE
is an antidepressant drug which is related (chemical comparison) to the drug trazodone. Nefazodone is an serotonin antagonist drug, which…
NEGATIVE INCENTIVE
is an object which instead of stimulating a positive response will instead encourage and stimulate avoidant behaviours.
NEGATIVE TROPISM
is the action of actively moving away from a specific source of stimulation.
NEOCEREBELLUM
is the lateral zone, which in humans is by far the largest part, constitutes the cerebrocerebellum.
NERVE FIBER
is the axon of a neuron itself which extend from the cell body of the neuron, find roughly midway between…
NEST BUILDING
is a form of behaviour which is best observed in animals such as- fish, birds and mammals which involves finding…
NEURAL DARWINISM
was first proposed by U.S. neuroscientist Gerald M. Edelman (1929 - ) in 1987, in which he explained his biological…
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…