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…
NUMERICAL SCALE
any scale or gauging tol which renders a quantitative symbolization of an attribute.
NYCTOPHONIA
noun. A range of selective mutism wherein the youth talks at night time but remains mute for the duration of…
NAIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES
are ideas about a person or object which are normally held implicitly rather than explicitly. They are a collection of…
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.