POLYSENSORY UNIT
a neuron within the CNS or a sensory receptor which generally reacts to more than one kind of stimulant, like…
POPULATION RESEARCH
the analysis of the numbers, and modifications in the numbers, of individuals and other living beings, concentrating on the reasons…
POSITION EFFECT
with regard to parapsychology experiments using zener cards or alike targets, an impact wherein the position of the target in…
POSITIVE FEEDBACK
1. an organization whereby some of the output of a system, whether biological or mechanical is fed back to escalate…
POSITIVISM
noun. a group of philosophical stances positing that all meaningful propositions must be reducible to sensory experience and viewing, and…
POSTEMPLOYMENT SERVICES
1. with regard to vocational rehabilitation, follow-up help or programs modeled to assist recently employed people with impairments to acclimate…
PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME (PWS|
a congenital disorder characterized by cognitive retardation, short height, hypogonadism, insensitivity to pain, hypotonia, obesity, and short feet and hands.…
PRECHIASMATIC VISUAL DEFICIT
a visual disability inflicted by injury to the portion of the visual system in front of the optic chiasm. This…
PREFERRED PROVIDER ARRANGEMENT (PPA)
a contract-based agreement between a healthcare insurer and a healthcare provider or group of such who agree to render healthcare…
PREMACK'S PRINCIPLE
the position that the chance to participate in behavior with a fairly high baseline probability will positively support behavior of…
PREMOTOR THEORY OF ATTENTION
a theory positing that attention is a byproduct of the mechanisms which generate behaviors or motor reactions. It is based…
PREPARADIGMATIC SCIENCE
a science at a primitive phase of growth, prior to it attaining a paradigm and whenever there is no consensus…
PRERELEASE ANXIETY STATE
anxiety felt by someone who is nearing release from an institutional facility and re-emergence into the tangible daily world.