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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

VARIABLE STIMULUS

any one of a group of experimental stimulants which are to be compared to a constant stimulant, step-by-step.

VASCULAR DEMENTIA

serious loss of mental operating as an outcome of cerebrovascular illness. It is frequently because of recurrent strokes.

VEGETATIVE

1. pertaining to fundamental physiological operations, like those engaged in development, breathing, sleeping, digesting, excreting waste, and homeostasis, that are

VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA

a region inside the midbrain ventral onto the periaqueductal gray and the dorsal to the substantial nigra. It makes up

VERBAL ALEXIA

a type of agnosia wherein a person might notice or acknowledge singular letters, but not complete terms or mixtures of

VERBAL OVERSHADOWING

the propensity for the verbal depiction of a stimulant to disable or hinder later correct memory of the stimulant.

VERSED

a brand name for midazolam.

VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS

indeliberate eye motions comprised of slow drift in one direction, and subsequently, a swift motion in the converse direction, elicited

VIBRATION ENVIRONMENT

surroundings wherein the oscillations of an operational vehicle in movement are conveyed to human beings by supporting handles, walls, floors,

VIDEOTAPE METHODS

with regard to clinical psychology and psychiatry, the utilization of videotape documentation of therapy sessions for therapeutic, research, or teaching

VIRILISM

noun. the existence within a woman of secondary carnal traits which are more commonly attributed to men, like large muscles.