TRANSECTION
noun. the transverse cutting or severing of something, like a nerve tract or the spinal cord.
TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA (TGA)
an abrupt global amnesia, a type of temporary amnestic disorder, which commonly resolves within a day and takes place in…
TRANSLATION AND BACK-TRANSLATION
a way of guaranteeing that the translation of an evaluation tool into another language is sufficient, utilized mainly in cross-social…
TRANSVESTIC FETISHISM
in the DSM-IV-TR, a paraphilia involving the continual wearing by a heterosexual man of woman's clothing with the intention of…
TREATMENT AUDIT
a process which oversees and measures quality assurance in health care. Audit activities are inclusive of evaluation of the anatomy,…
TRITANOPIA
a fairly uncommon type of color blindness wherein there is some loss of luminosity within the blue part of the…
TRUE VARIANCE
naturally happening variability within or across research parties. This variance is inherent within the nature of the involved party and…
TUFTED CELL
one of the specialized forms of cells engaged in the perception of smell. The tufted cells are efferent neurons residing…
TWELVE-STEP PROGRAM
a differentive approach to overcoming compulsions or addictive or behavioral difficulties which was cultivated initially in Alcoholics Anonymous to aid…
TWO-TAILED TEST
a statistical test of an experimental hypothesis which doesn't ascertain the predicted direction of an impact or an association.
TYPE II ERROR
the error of failing to refute the null hypothesis whenever it is actually not authentic. Investigators make this error if…
TECTAL NUCLEUS
any of specific nuclei residing in the superior and inferior colliculus within the dorsal portion of the midbrain. They perform…
TEMPORAL CONDITIONING
a process in Pavlovian conditioning wherein the unconditioned stimulant is shown at regular intervals, but not being joined by any…
TEMPORARY COMMITMENT
emergency indeliberate hospitalization of a patient with a cognitive disorder for a limited time to observe or treat them.
TENSION LAW
a concept postulating that any veering away from an organism's optimal degree of exterior circumstances generates a state of tension.