VIRAL HYPOTHESIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
the theory, initially postulated during the formative twentieth century, positing that psychoses seeming alike to schizophrenia are correlated to influenza…
VISUAL AREA
any of a multitude of areas of the cerebral cortex wherein the neurons are mainly vulnerable to visual arousal. Most…
VISUAL DYSLEXIA
a type of acquired dyslexia marked by many reading errors consisting of the supplementation or transposing of letters in words…
VISUAL INDUCTION
the impact that one visual stimulant or portion of the visual field can place on the comprehension of an adjacent…
VISUOMOTOR BEHAVIOR REHEARSAL
a rigorum of joining progressive relaxation and imagery for performance improvement.
VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE
a complication of diabetes mellitus characterized by bleeding inside the eyeball as a result of the rupture of retinal capillaries.
VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT
the extent to which a person excels in selecting the type of profession or job best suited to their abilities,…
VOICE-ACTIVATED SWITCH
an interface between a tool and the utilizer which is turned on by the utilizer's voice and is frequently useful…
VOLUNTARISM
noun. 1. with regard to psychology, the observation positing that human actions are, at least partly, the outcome of the…
VON DOMARUS PRINCIPLE
an explanation of schizophrenic thinking based upon the idea that the person interprets two things as exactly alike only because…
VYGOTSKY, LEV SEMENOVICH
Russian psychologist. Vygotsky attained his doctorate from the Psychological Institute in Moscow, where he remained a part of the research…
VALIDITY CRITERION
an exterior standard which is utilized to identify the trait which a tool is claimed to gauge and which is…
VANISHING CUES METHODOLOGY
a computer-aided training method modeled to teach new, complex knowledge to people with memory disability. The method takes advantage of…
VASOPRESSOR
1. eliciting constriction of blood vessels and thus, elevating blood pressure. 2. vasoconstrictor.
VENTRAL ANTERIOR NUCLEUS
a nucleus of the anterior thalamus which is recipient to incoming data from the basal ganglia and conveys links to…
VENTROPOSTERIOR NUCLEUS
a nucleus of the thalamus inside the brain which conveys messages to the main somatosensory region inside the anterior parietal…