Neurology

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GESTURAL COMMUNICATION

the name given to the non-verbal transmission and reception of messages, ideas, feelings, signals by using body and hand movements.

GNOSTIC FUNCTION

a person's ability to make fine spatial judgements with the skin senses by discriminating light touch sensations that stimulate the

GRASP REFLEX

Involuntary reaction a person does when something touches the palm of their hand. Normal in infants before the cerebral cortex

GROUPTHINK

An agreeing seeking tendency interfering with group decision making. Includes apparent conformity, being invulnerable, moral correctness and biased group perceptions.

INTERGLUTEAL SEX

The name describing coitus in which the penis is placed between the cheeks of the buttocks, without entry into the

INTERRATER RELIABILITY

the consistency with which different examiners produce similar ratings in judging the same abilities or characteristics in the same target

INTRAINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

Two or more traits and the variations between them, behaviours, or characteristics of a single person, example or I, aptitude

INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE

Subjective judgement and knowledge that appears to be based on a gut feeling rather than learning specific. Knowledge is intuitive

ITEM VALIDITY

In a test or experiment the extent to which an individual item measures what it purports to measure.

JUDGMENT

In psychophysics the ability to determine the presence or relative magnitude of stimuli, or the capacity to recognize relationships, draw

KNOWLEDGE BASE

A repository of factual and heuristic information that guides an organization's approach to specific problems or challenges, to research the

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

the process by which children learn to use language.

EXTRAPAIR MATING

is typically observed in the animal kingdom, where normally socially monogamous species, such as birds, pair with another of their

FACE RECOGNITION

is the process of identifying an individual using their facial features and expressions which individual's typically remember greater and for

FACTOR PATTERN MATRIX

is a term which is normally associated with factor analysis where the factor pattern matrix is a matrix of regression-like

FALSE NEGATIVE

has a range of applications to a range of real life situations, for example, a false negative in diagnostics may

FANTASY PLAY

is observed widely amongst couples in modern society involving the pretending or make-believe play which typically includes the fulfillment of

FEMALE ORGASMIC DISORDER

the absence of female orgasm following normal sexual stimulation. This may be a lifelong problem or it may have developed

FIGURE-GROUND PERCEPTION

a term given to our ability to discriminate between the background and the object in our field of vision. Impairment

FIXED-TIME SCHEDULE

Used in conditioning. The circumstances under which an event is delivered that is independent of other events at fixed intervals