Neurology

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INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION

A depressive episode that occurs during late middle age or menopause and a largely obsolete name for it

JOB DIMENSIONS

1. the overall categories that define the nature of a given job like clerical or receptionist duties. 2. main competence

KINDLING

The appearance of electro-graphic and fully generalized behavioural convulsions. It is phenomenon in which brain function is altered as a

LABELED-LINE THEORY OF TASTE CODING

The taste is perceived exclusively as a product of activity in that labelled line activity in neurons outside the labelled

LAW OF CONTRAST

The principle based on the assumption that individuals base their behavior on comparison of opposites not with sameness.

TELEPATHY

noun. the claimed direct correspondence of data from one mind to another mind, in lieu of any acknowledged method of

TERMINAL BEHAVIOR

1. with regard to free-operant conditioning under interval-based reinforcement, actions that are predominant within the time briefly prior to reinforcement

THALAMIC LESION

a loss of structure or operation of a portion of the thalamus resulting in such impacts as avoidance-learning deficits. Animals

THERMAL SENSITIVITY

the capacity to detect temperature, that is usually interpreted relative to the body's temperature.

TIME AGNOSIA

an incapacity to interpret the passing of time, generally because of a disorder involving the temporal region of the brain.

TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING OF THE BRAIN

the organization depiction and classification of various areas of the brain with regard to their physical relations to one another.

TRANSFERENCE

noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, the displacement or projection onto the analyst of unconscious emotions and desires initially directed toward

TREATMENT

noun. the delivery of adequate measures which are modeled to alleviate a pathological condition. 2. the level of an independent

TWILIGHT STATE

a state of clouded awareness wherein the person is transiently not aware of their current environment, experiences fleeting auditory or

UNCONSCIOUS MOTIVATION

with regard to psychoanalytic theory, desires, urges, intentions, and motivators of which the self isn't conscious of.

UTILITY THEORY

with regard to making decisions, any normative theory of utility which tries to depict rational or optimal choice behavior.

VASCULAR DEPRESSION

a major depressive episode which takes place soon following the start or remediation of cardiovascular illness or which is presumed

VERIDICAL PERCEPTION

correct comprehension of what is authentic and real.

VISUAL DISCRIMINATION

the capacity to differentiate forms, patterns, hidden shapes, or other pictures from alike items which vary from one another in

VISUOCONSTRUCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT

a disability marked by trouble in construction jobs, like drawing or building the many portions of an item into a