RETINAL SIZE
Measurement of retinal images which attenuates proportionally according to the distance from the object to the eye.
RETROGRADE EJACULATION
Semen directed into the bladder, opposite the direction it is intended. Semen is excreted from the bladder at a later…
REVERSAL DESIGN
Exploratory arrangement which tries to contravene confusing impressions of continuity, classification, and analysis in Latin squares by fluctuating baseline limitations…
RHETORICAL-QUESTION MESSAGE
Influential communication which contains rhetorical questions to encourage closer study of that communication. See also: message factors.
RICH INTERPRETATION
Method of studying the language of young children which goes beyond the bounds of the literal sense of words employed,…
RIGHT-LEFT DISORIENTATION
Linked to aphasia and other comprehension disorders, an affliction marked by a habitual tendency to incorrectly identify right from left…
RISK METRICS
Any means by which the likelihood of falling victim to disease or disorder is presented.
ROD-CONE BREAK
Change in optical responsiveness that takes place in dark adaptation as the level of sensitivity of the retinal rods initially…
ROLE OVERLOAD
Scenario wherein a person is expected to accomplish more than the person is able to do in a particular time…
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
Therapeutic approach which seeks to determine the fundamental element or elements of a recurrent issue by employing ever more particular…
ROTATIONAL ERROR
Sketching or design misinterpretation which consists of flipping over a figure from the placement of the same figure in a…
RACE PSYCHOLOGY
An attempt to show an empirical difference between the races. It is now obsolete and has no basis.
RADICAL FEMINISM
A position in feminist theories with great influence in the latter part of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The…
RANA PIPIENS
Used in clinical studies of neuropsychology and neurophysiology, a specie of frog.
RANDOM-EFFECTS MODEL
In statistics, a random-effect model depends on treating the effectiveness of treatments or experimental conditions as being randomly sampled from…