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.
NEUROTOXICOLOGY
is the academic study of the effects of toxins and poisons on the nervous system.
NEWTON'S LAW OF COLOR MIXTURE
proposed by Isaac Newton suggested that two different mixtures which appear similar to each other will produce that same colour…
NIGROSTRIATAL TRACT
travels between the substantia nigra to the striatum attached to the basal ganglia.
NOBLE SAVAGE
was proposed by Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), a French philosopher who implied that in romanticism, conceit was viewed as a degrading…
NOETIC MEMORY
first proposed by Estonian-born Canadian psychologist Endel Tulving (1927 - ) who proposed that noetic memory is the middle level…
NOMINAL STIMULUS
is the stimulus which is introduced or highlighted by the experimenter, however, the stimulus presented is not always the functional…