Neurology

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VERBAL PARAPHASIA

a type of paraphasia marked by the including of words and sentences that aren't appropriate in someone's speech.

VISUAL ACUITY

the level of clarity, or acuteness, of visual perception. It might be gauged in many manners, by testing one

VISUALLY GUIDED REACHING

motions wherein simultaneous visual data is utilized to find a target and veer away from obstacles. Visually guided reaching is

VON RESTORFF EFFECT

a memory-procedure theory postulating that an object which is different from others within a sequence will be recalled more than

WILKS'S LAMBDA

a statistic based upon the difference in mean vectors across K samples utilized to test hypotheses about group mean vector

XENOPHOBIA

noun. 1. a pathological phobia of strangers. 2. hostile outlooks or violent actions toward individuals of other nationalities, ethnic groups,

TENSION REDUCTION

relief of emotions of tension. A multitude of methods might be utilized for this reason.

TEST-WISE

adjective. describing people who have taken a large amount of tests and are thus, more adept at taking tests than

THERAPY

1. treatment of physical, cognitive, or behavioral disorders or illness. 2. reference: psychotherapy.

THURSTONE ATTITUDE SCALES

a direct attitude measure which consists of generating a large group of statements modeled to show ranging degrees of negativity

TOOL OF INTELLECTUAL ADAPTATION

a technique of thinking, learning, or recalling of a problem-solving method which kids internalize from their interplay with more competent

TRANSDUCTION

noun. the procedure wherein one type of energy is transformed into another type, particularly sensory transduction: the conversion of the

TRAPEZOID BODY

a group of transverse nerve fibers inside the pons transporting afferent fibers from the cochlear nuclei to the superior olivary

TRUE EXPERIMENT

an analysis wherein involved parties are designated at random to at least two experimentally manipulated remediation conditions.

UNCONSCIOUS INFERENCE THEORY

the hypothesis positing that how one views or comprehends something is indirectly impacted by inferences about present sensory input which

UTILITARIANISM

an ethical theory based upon the premise that the good is to be explained as that which brings the most

VARIED MAPPING

during a search task, a condition wherein target and distractor stimulus alter roles at random during the course of an

VERBALIZATION

noun. 1. the showing of thoughts, emotions, and fallacies through words. Verbalization is a typical facet of the majority of

VISUAL ADAPTATION

the alterations which happen inside the visual system itself or in visual comprehension as an outcome of persistent arousal, the

VISUAL-PLACING REFLEX

the reflex action of animals in positioning their legs upon an exterior they can see. Animals which have underwent surgical