RESTITUTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION
Achieving normal psychological or cognitive functioning following decline due to a brain injury. See also: recovery of function.
RETENTION CURVE
Chart which represents an individual's recollection of information during a period of time. Also known as: memory curve. See also:…
RETINAL IMAGE
Variable resolution image which takes shape on the retina as the eye focuses on an object.
RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE
When learning fresh content, the interference which inhibits the capacity to recall content or actions formerly studied, particularly in the…
RETT SYNDROME
Especially presenting in female children, a degenerative disorder which becomes apparent between six and eighteen months of age wherein the…
REVERSIBLE FIGURE-GROUND
Perceptual changes of which specific elements make up the figure, and which make up the background in indeterminate figures like…
RHABDOMANCY
Dowsing with a rod or wand for water, treasure, or minerals, using a forked tree branch.
RHYTHMIC STIMULATION
Automated reaction of a pulsating light distinguished by harmonization of the electroencephalogram pattern to the pulse frequency.
RIGHT TO TREATMENT
A legal right, recognized at various tiers of government, which guarantees that individuals with disabilities or dysfunctions (typically chronic, prolonged,…
RISK ASSESSMENT
Determination of potential threat which could be posed by an individual upon their release from custody wherein the individual has…
RITE OF PASSAGE
Ceremony signifying an event in an individual's life which indicates transition from one stage to the next, beginning in adolescence…
ROCK V ARKANSAS
A 1987 court case leading to a judgment by the United States Supreme Court, declaring it a violation of due…
ROLE DIFFERENTIATION
In communities or various other social models, the steady rise in the quantity of tasks and decline in the range…
ROMANTICISM
Complex artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained…
ROTARY PURSUIT TEST
Examination wherein an individual has to follow an erratic or revolving target with some indicator device like a pointer.
RULES OF INFERENCE
Guidelines for the development of rational comments proclaiming which types of speculation are legitimate from which types of assumption. See…
RABBIT-DUCK FIGURE
An animal figure, that depending on perspective, could either look like a duck or a rabbit. The figure appears as…
RADIATION NECROSIS
The tissue death that results from exposure to damaging levels of radiation
RAGE DISORDER
A condition characterized by episodes of uncontrolled rage. The clinical disorder features episodes of rage as the primary symptom.