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VARIMAX ROTATION

in factor analysis, a technique involved in orthogonal rotation which tries to enhance the amount of near-0 and near-1 loadings

VECTOR

1. With regard to matrix algebra, a matrix's column or row. 2. With regard to multivariate analysis, a 1-D display

VENTRAL ROOT

any of the spinal roots which transport motor nerve fibers and stem from the spinal cord ventrally on both sides.

VERAPAMIL

noun. Calcium-channel inhibitors.

VERBAL MASOCHISM

a sex-based disorder wherein a person gets satisfaction from hearing words which are embarrassing and offending and obtains sexual arousal

VERMIS N (PI

the median lobe of the cerebellum, that resides between the two cerebellar hemispheres.

VESTIBULAR NERVE

a separation of the vestibulocochlear nerve which transports nerve fibers from the vestibular system inside the inner ear; it is

VIBRATION

noun. An intermittent movement of an item, like a tuning fork, with a frequency which is generally gauged in hertz.

VICTIM

noun. 1. a person who is the object of another individual's aggressive, discriminatory, persistently hostile, or assaultive actions. 2. a

VIRGIN 1

noun. an individual who has never had sex. 2. adjective. referencing an untainted or innate state.

VISCEROTONIA

noun. the personality type which, in accordance with Sheldon's constitutional theory of personality, is correlated with an endomorphic body type

VISUAL ATTENTION

the procedure by which one object, the objective, is chosen for study from among many competitor objects, the distractors.

VISUAL EXTINCTION

a type of visual neglect wherein a formerly visible stimulant in one half of the visual field disappears whenever a

VISUAL MASKING

the effect of one visual stimulant making another stimulant invisible.

VISUAL SYSTEM

the elements of the nervous system and the non-neural apparatus of the eye which add to the comprehension of visual

VISUOSPATIAL FUNCTION

the capacity to identify the spatial facets of a shape or item in two and three dimensions.

VIVID DATA

information which are salient or imperative to a person. This information comprises observations, gathered either by direct or indirect sensory

VOCATIONAL APTITUDE

the individual skills and characteristics needed for excellent performance of the jobs comprised in a specific profession.

VOICE-ONSET TIME (VOT)

with regard to phonetics, the short moment which passes between the first motion of the speech organs as one starts

VOLUNTARY ADMISSION

admission of a person into a mental facility or other inpatient unit at their own request, in the absence of