VISCEROTONIA
noun. the personality type which, in accordance with Sheldon's constitutional theory of personality, is correlated with an endomorphic body type…
VISUAL ATTENTION
the procedure by which one object, the objective, is chosen for study from among many competitor objects, the distractors.
VISUAL EXTINCTION
a type of visual neglect wherein a formerly visible stimulant in one half of the visual field disappears whenever a…
VISUAL TEXTURE
a characteristic of a 2-D figure or a 2-D interpretation of a 3-D item which depicts its exterior traits. Visual…
VISUOSPATIAL SCRATCHPAD
an element or subsystem of working memory utilized for practicing or employing visual, imaginal, or spatial data.
VIVIDNESS TRAINING
training to enhance the capacity to generate extremely clear, crisp cognitive pictures wherein the colors are different and the details…
VOCATIONAL APTITUDE TEST
any test modeled to evaluate the skills, interests, characteristics, and other aspects thought to be vital for excelling in a…
VOICE-OUTPUT SYSTEM
a system which generates a voice for a computer to render auditory feedback for people with visual disability.
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
nonprofit groups supported entirely or partly by public donations and committed to the restructuring of public wellbeing or social welfare…
VON RESTORFF EFFECT
a memory-procedure theory postulating that an object which is different from others within a sequence will be recalled more than…
VAGAL TONE
a gauge of the variability of the heart rate associated with inhaling and exhaling, that is considered to exhibit parasympathetic…
VALIDITY GENERALIZATION MODEL OF SELECTION
with regard to personnel selection, an approach to evaluating if a test or predictor has validity in foretelling performance on…
VAS DEFERENS
the duct of the testis which transfers spermatozoa from the epididymis onto the ejaculatory duct, shaped by union of the…
VENTRAL STREAM
a sequence of specialized visual areas inside the brain's cerebral cortex which begin inside the occipital lobe's striate cortex and…
VERBAL ABILITY (V)
exhibited skill to understand and correspond adequately with words. At times, a differention is made between receptive and productive skills.…