Neurology

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EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH

A search where every possible item is looked after while trying to find something.

EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

The group or participants exposed to the variable.

EXTENDED SUICIDE

A murder-suicide situation where both are consideredd as the first person's suicide and not murder of another person.

LEARNING STRATEGY

a strategy used primarily during the process of learning such as forming a mental image of a process.

LEXICAL AMBIGUITY

A word which has more than one potential meaning.

LINEAR MODEL

describes a model which attempts to explain empirical data which is linear in its parameters. In other words, a model

LOCOMOTION

the movement of an organism from one place (its point of origin) to its destination.

LOOSENING OF ASSOCIATIONS

the action of jumping between unrelated or indirectly associated ideals and theories mid-sentence without any reason. This is similar to

MALTHUSIAN THEORY

First proposed by British economist Thomas Malthus (1766 - 1834) who suggested that the population of the Earth would increase

MASOCHISM

is a psychological condition whereby an individual obtains pleasure or enjoys the experience of feeling pain whether inflicted by themselves,

MATERNAL BEHAVIOR

is an umbrella term used to describe the caring and loving actions typically associated with caring and raising the young.

MEDIATE EXPERIENCE

is the conscious interpretation and usually entirely conscious awareness of events occurring externally to the current environment of interest and

MEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT

refers to a collection of social movements which referred to the topic of male masculinity. There is a wide range

MENTAL PROCESS

is an umbrella term to describe any process, whether psychological or physiological which occurs in the mind.

METACOGNITION

is the hypothetical ability to become conscious of ones own cognitive processes and hence have the ability to attempt to

MICROGENETIC DEVELOPMENT

was first proposed by Lev Vygotsky which postulates the existence of a series of changes which occur over a relatively

MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE)

is used as part of the diagnosis process for Dementia. The MMSE is used as a primarily initial type assessment

MODALITY

is one experimental process or therapeutic technique.

MONOCULAR CUE

involves the use of only one eye when giving a visual cue to the perception of distance or depth.

MOTILITY

is the ability to move from one place to another, whether this is voluntary movement or involuntary movement (as in