SCENT MARKING
Action taken by an animal to deposit odorants within an environment, typically from specialized scent glands where the odorant is…
SCHIZOPHRENOGENIC
Designation of an element or prevailing factor which is believed to have caused or contributed to schizophrenic development or onset.
SCHOOL REFUSAL
Anxiety disorder impacting school children who, for different purposes, refrain from going to school; 1 in 4 children will sometimes…
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be…
SCOPOLAMINE
Anticholinergic alkaloid obtained from the leaves and seeds of several solanaceous plants. It is a central nervous system depressant, employed…
SCREEN MAGNIFIER
Software that interfaces with a computer's graphical output to present enlarged screen content. It is a type of assistive technology…
SECONDARY ATTENTION
Engaged concentration which requires cognizant exertion, for example the attentiveness required to examine a work of art. Compare with: primary…
SECONDARY MEMORY (SM)
Memory that maintains numerous things fairly perpetually, as opposed to primary memory. Originally denoting dual-storage memory models prior to its…
SECONDARY TASK METHODOLOGY
Controlled model employed in the analysis of concentration wherein individuals execute a primary job as well as possible and a…
SECULAR HUMANISM
Philosophy that espouses reason, ethics, and the search for human fulfillment, and specifically rejects supernatural and religious dogma as the…
SELECTIVE ADAPTATION
Psycho-physical process wherein recurring subjection to a stimulus generates sensory variation that affects understanding of a successive stimulus. Assessment that…
SELECTIVE REARING
Experiential paradigm wherein an organism is brought up from arrival or from the time that the eyes open under circumstances…
SACRED DISEASE
Ancient Greek designation for epilepsy, which they thought to be indicative of divine communication.
SALTATORY CONDUCTION
The form of nerve impulse conduction in which the impulse jumps from one Ranvier's node to the next, rather than…