VASCULAR DEPRESSION
a major depressive episode which takes place soon following the start or remediation of cardiovascular illness or which is presumed…
VEGETATIVE SOUL
with regard to the ideas of Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, the form of soul possessed by plants.
VERBAL AMNESIA
a loss of the capacity to recall words because of neurological disorder or illness.
VERBAL PARAPHASIA
a type of paraphasia marked by the including of words and sentences that aren't appropriate in someone's speech.
VERSTEHENDE PSYCHOLOGIE
German for: understanding psychology. an approach to psychology propelled by Wilhelm Dilthey, a German philosopher. Dilthey proposed that psychology was…
VESTIBULAR RECEPTORS
nerve cells correlated to the feeling and awareness of equilibrium, residing within the cristae of the semicircular canals and inside…
VIBRATION EXPERIENCE
a feeling generated by contact with a swiftly vibrating or pulsating item which arouses skin receptors. The vibration sense can…
VIENNA CIRCLE
a set of mathematicians, philosophers, and logicians who were based in Vienna in the 1920's and 1930's. The uniting theme…
VISITING NURSE
a registered nurse who supplies nursing care to people in their own households. Visiting nurses are generally hired by a…
VISUAL BLURRING
the feeling stemming from disability of the capacity to comprehend shape within the central field area, that is commonly correlated…
VISUAL FIELD DEFECT
a lessening in the typical extension of the visual field, marked by part or complete blindness. This is elicited by…
VISUAL ORGANIZATION
with regard to Gestalt standards of perception, a visual field which seems to be orderly and significant or connotative.
VISUAL TRANSDUCTION
the biochemical and biophysical procedure wherein light energy is transformed into a neural signal inside a retinal photoreceptor. Isomerization.
VITAL FUNCTIONS
Body functions which preserve life. The majority are managed by the brainstem.
VIVISECTION
A dissection carried out on a living animal for research or experimental reasons. Numerous scientists and researchers are against this…
VOCATIONAL COUNSELING
1. a counseling service rendered to workers who have sought advice on such topics as acclimating to new job tasks,…
VOICE-STRESS ANALYZER
an tool which identifies minute alterations in the voice, that the human ear cannot hear, which supposedly happen whenever an…