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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…

VOLUNTARY CONTROL

the management of acts or behaviors by intentional action

VOODOO DEATH

a culturally-bound syndrome viewed in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific islands, Haiti, and Australia. A person who has went against a…