NYMPHOLEPSY
1. a form of pedophilia wherein the person has an extreme favorability or obsessive longing for young girls who are…
NALLINE TEST
precipitates withdrawal symptoms if opiates have been used recently. It is therefore used as a test to examine a patient…
NARCOTIC 1
is a drug which stimulates a state of stupor or insensibility within an individual, typically they have been used as…
NATIONAL CHARACTER
is a group of characteristics or behavioural traits which are afforded to the entire or majority population of a whole…
NATURAL CATEGORY 1
defines a category which contains items which would only be observed or found in the real world.
NATURAL SELECTION
is the theory that over generations, individuals within a population who are either not suited to their environment or have…
NAVIGATION
is the process of moving from the point of origin to the target destination in a coordinated fashion by an…
NEED AROUSAL
is a method used in advertising which plays on a desire or requirement of the target to try and sell…
NEGATIVE OEDIPUS COMPLEX
In the context of psychoanalytic theory, the negative Oedipus complex is the inverse of the Oedipus complex in which young…
NEGATIVISM
is a characteristic associated with a variety disorders. Negativism otherwise is the persistent resistant to suggestions of others, even when…
NEODISSOCIATIVE THEORY
is one of the many theories which explains the phenomena of hypnosis as a result of an individuals divided consciousness.
NERVE IMPULSE
begins as a small depolarization which is carried as a wave of depolarization across the membrane of the neuron, in…
NEURAL INDUCTION
describes the influence of a single neuron or collection of neurons exerted on the development of other cells.
NEURAL TUBE DEFECT
is an umbrella term used to describe any congenital defects which are a result of a stunned or faulty development…
NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
is the academic and scholastic study of the relationships which exist between the nervous system, with specific interest in the…
NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME
results after complications with conventional therapies such as the use of antipsychotics which can give rise to a wide range…
NEURONAL REGENERATION REGENERATION OF NERVES, NEURAL REINFORCEMENT
is the process of strengthening or amplifying a neurons response to a stimulus by introducing a second stimulus.