Neurology

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MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY

is the application of an understanding of behavioural psychology in human beings to executive and managerial positions to help support…

MASS REFLEX 1

is usually a reflex action which occurs on a subconscious level in the human body as a result of a…

MATING BEHAVIOR

otherwise known as animal courtship, mate selection, coiulatorv behaviour which typically arises during the processes of reproduction. Different species can…

MEDICAL AUDIT

is the systematic and usually thorough evaluation of the entire diagnostic, treatment processes and the caring general process of an…

MENTAL ABILITIES

describes the abilities of- spatial visualization, perceptual speed, number facility, verbal comprehension, word fluency, memory, inductive reasoning as measured by…

MENTAL REPRESENTATION

is an entirely hypothetical being or entity which, philosophers believe stand for- perception, thought, memory and other mental processes during…

METALINGUISTIC AWARENESS

is the conscious understanding and awareness of the full formal properties of a language such as English or French, including…

MIDBRAIN

is a small part of the neural tissue which is found between the forebrain and hindbrain. Otherwise known as the…

MINORITY INFLUENCE

is the theory that societal pressure can be exerted by a small group but positively affect the majority group despite…

MODERATE DEPRESSION

a depressive episode where the number of symptoms exceed that of mild depression but less than the number required to…

MOOD-DEPENDENT MEMORY

is a theory which suggests the rate at which a memory can be retrieved is dependent on the mood the…

MOTION PARALLAX

is a depth cue which explains the movements of interrelated elements in a scene which occurs when an observer moves…

MULTIDIMENSIONAL

in the context of physics describes a form of analysis which takes into consideration factors or variables which can be…

MUTTERING DELIRIUM

is characterized by- low utterances, slurring, dysarthria, iteration, perseveration or a combination. These are typically accompanied with the motor features…

NATURAL EXPERIMENT

is an experimental design where a natural event which is typically a natural disaster is classed as an experimental condition…

NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

opposed to a positive feedback is a system which detects a change from a constant, and then stimulates various effectors…

NEURAL DARWINISM

was first proposed by U.S. neuroscientist Gerald M. Edelman (1929 - ) in 1987, in which he explained his biological…

NEUROSIS

is a collection of functional mental disorders which involve symptoms such as distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations, whereby behaviour…

NONDECLARATIVE MEMORY

a collection of several different types of memory which function automatically and collect data which isn't within reach to aware…

NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (NOS)

in the DSM-IV-TR, designating a widely-based diagnostic classificaton, for instance, depressive disorder not otherwise ascertained. The NOS diagnosis is selected…