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…
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…