NUCHAL RIGIDITY
rigidity along the posterior area of the neck, that can be correlated with trauma, damage, or neurological illness.
NUISANCE PARAMETER
a parameter of secondary focus which has to be approximated in effort to attain an approximation of or challenge a…
NURSING BEHAVIOR
the supervision by a female of essential nutrition for her young children until they're able of attaining their own food…
NAFE PATTERN THEORY
first proposed by John Paul, the theory suggests that the pattern during which neurons fire is what's responsible for any…
NARCANNALTREXONE
prevents the binding of opioid drugs to opioid receptors in the body. Narcannaltrexone is a morphine based opioid antagonist which…
NARRATIVE METHOD X
is a method of reconstructing an experience by interviewing eye-witnesses who, along with empirical evidence and data will provide a…
NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NMHA)
which was established in 1909 has grown to become the largest institution throughout the U.S. which looks at all aspects…
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
involves using methods such as the rhythm method to ensure the number of children or offspring produced into a family…
NATURALISTIC ENVIRONMENT
is a situation or environment that contains primarily natural sources.
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE (NDE)
was first described by the U.S. parapsychologist Raymond A. Moody (1944 - ) in his book the Life After Life,…
NEED FOR COGNITION
is the need and strong desire to stretch ones cognitive capabilities with tests of numerical and literal content. This trait…
NEGATIVE ATTITUDE
in the context of psychotherapy, a negative attitude is the feeling of negativity from the therapist towards the client.
NEGATIVE RESPONSE
a response, or lack of response which results in the avoidance from a stimulus.
NEGOTIATION
is similar to bargaining where two parties will communication to dispute a specific process with the view to identifying a…
NEOLOGISTIC JARGON
otherwise known as neologistic paraphasia, where the speech produced is unintelligible and a mixture of inappropriately combined words.
NEOSTRIATUM
includes the caudate nucleus and the pulamen which form part of the basal ganglia in the born. It is thought…
NETWORK-MEMORY MODEL
is one of the many theories of memory which implies that the long-term memory store is a chain of similar…
NEURAL PARENCHYMA
are distinct tissues from other structural or supporting elements of the nervous system which are essential to the functioning of…