VON RESTORFF EFFECT
a memory-procedure theory postulating that an object which is different from others within a sequence will be recalled more than…
VALPROIC ACID
a carboxylic acid ; United States brand name: Depaconl. Utilized as a mood stabilizer and anticonvulsant. Even though exact mechanisms…
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.
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…
VISION REHABILITATION
the rehabilitation of people with visual disability spanning from blindness to low vision. Services rendered are inclusive of functional evaluations…
VISUAL AXIS
a straight line which persists from the surface focus point through the nodal point of the eye onto the fovea.
VISUAL FIELD
the extension of visual space over that vision is possible with the eyes kept in a fixed place. The outer…
VISUAL NEGLECT
a type of sensory neglect wherein the person is not aware of half the visual field. This takes place most…
VISUAL THRESHOLD 1
the minimum degree of arousal which can be identified visually. 2. any of the limitations for identifying a multitude of…
VITAL CAPACITY
the lungs' ability to retain air, gauged as the maximal volume of air which can be breathed out following maximum…