Neurology

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SPECIFICITY

1. the quality of being unique from everything else. 2. A probability that a person will test negative for a

SPORT SCIENCE

The application of biophysical and social scientific methods to study sport behaviour.

STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT

an error in estimating true scores from observed scores.

STIMULUS

Any external or internal situation, event or agent that arise a response from animal or human. Stimulus can be of

STRATUM STRATA

1. A class or level in society. 2. Any of the subpopulations in a survey sample. 3. A layer in

SUBJECTIVE CONTOUR

The border of any image that is perceived as a result of observer's observation. Subjective contour is also referred as

SUBTHERAPEUTIC DOSE

Dosage of the medicine that will not provide desired result. sometimes done in order to get contrary result. basically not

SUPERVALENT THOUGHT

an obsession with a single topic. See obsession; rumination.

SYMBOLIC ATTITUDE

the evaluating of an attitude that is based on the extent to what is seen as consistent wither person's moral

SYNAPTIC VESICLE

It is a small spherical sac found in the cytoplasm and it has a terminal button for a pre-synaptic neuron

TACIT KNOWLEDGE

The knowledge which is not gain as a formal one. This includes the knowledge that is gained at home. No

TASTE ADAPTATION

the decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that has been continuously presented. This type of unresponsiveness is specified for tatse

SELF-ASSERTION

the act of putting forward your own opinions or to express your needs, rights and wishes. In this way person

SELF-IMAGE

how we see ourselves and gives us a sense of our personality and our success in relationships and our wellbeing.

SELF-TERMINATING SEARCH

A search that will end as soon as the target is found. Compare it with the exhaustive search.

SENSATION

1. Experience through the senses. 2. A unit of experience produced by stimulating a sensory receptor. 3. A structural element

SENSORY INPUT

the stimulation of a sense organ that creates an impulse.

SERIAL LEARNING

Learning things in sequence in order of presentation.

SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

the development towards being sexually mature in behaviour and attitudes from infancy through puberty to adulthood. See psychosexual development.

SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ)

Short portable mental status questionnaire is a short questionnaire that is used to screen older adults for dementia signs and