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Psychology Terms - Alimentary canal
The tube conduit extending from the mouth to the anus, facilitating the flow of food and the process of digestion, encompassing the *pharynx, *oesophagus, *stomach, *small intestine, and *large intestine. Also referred to as the digestive tract or gastrointestinal tract.
The tube conduit extending from the mouth to the anus, facilitating the flow of food and the process of digestion, encompassing the *pharynx, *oesophagus, *stomach, *small intestine, and *large intestine. Also referred to as the digestive tract or gastrointestinal tract.
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Psychology Terms - Alimentary
pertaining to nourishment Related to nutrition or supplying sustenance.
pertaining to nourishment Related to nutrition or supplying sustenance.
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Psychology Terms - Alimentary
pertaining to nourishment Related to nutrition or supplying sustenance.
pertaining to nourishment Related to nutrition or supplying sustenance.
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Psychology Terms – Alienist
An antiquated term for a psychiatrist.
An antiquated term for a psychiatrist.
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Psychology Terms - Alien hand sign
A type of apraxia, typically caused by a lesion in the corpus callosum, wherein a hand (commonly the left) is perceived as alien to its owner and executes acts autonomously, yet not in opposition to the owner's intent. This indicates disconnection syndrome linked to abnormalities in the posterior corpus callosum and parietal lobe, representing a type of agnosia.
A type of apraxia, typically caused by a lesion in the corpus callosum, wherein a hand (commonly the left) is perceived as alien to its owner and executes acts autonomously, yet not in opposition to the owner's intent. This indicates disconnection syndrome linked to abnormalities in the posterior corpus callosum and parietal lobe, representing a type of agnosia.
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Psychology Terms – Alienation
The act of turning away; prompting an individual to become indifferent or hostile, or diverting their feelings. 2. The condition of being an outsider or experiencing alienation from society. A condition when an individual's emotions are perceived as alien, resulting in a sense of unreality about both the self and the external environment.
The act of turning away; prompting an individual to become indifferent or hostile, or diverting their feelings. 2. The condition of being an outsider or experiencing alienation from society. A condition when an individual's emotions are perceived as alien, resulting in a sense of unreality about both the self and the external environment.
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Psychology Terms - Aliasing
A distortion in a visual or auditory signal, or any periodic or oscillating variable or time series, occurs when the variable is sampled at an inadequately low frequency relative to the signal's frequency. A well-known cinematographic example is the *wagon wheel illusion, where the wheels of a stagecoach seem to rotate slowly in one direction and then the opposite as it accelerates. A 1,000 hertz sine wave would seem motionless if sampled precisely once per millisecond or once every two milliseconds, and it would appear to cycle very slowly if recorded at a frequency near once per millisecond.
A distortion in a visual or auditory signal, or any periodic or oscillating variable or time series, occurs when the variable is sampled at an inadequately low frequency relative to the signal's frequency. A well-known cinematographic example is the *wagon wheel illusion, where the wheels of a stagecoach seem to rotate slowly in one direction and then the opposite as it accelerates. A 1,000 hertz sine wave would seem motionless if sampled precisely once per millisecond or once every two milliseconds, and it would appear to cycle very slowly if recorded at a frequency near once per millisecond.
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Psychology Terms – algorithmic
Pertaining to an algorithm, or more broadly, possessing a specific route to a solution.
Pertaining to an algorithm, or more broadly, possessing a specific route to a solution.
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Psychology Terms – Algorithm
A precisely specified computational technique that accepts an input value or collection of values and, following a finite series of computational steps, generates an output value or set of values. Computer programs exemplify algorithms, and an alternative definition of an algorithm is any operation executable by a Turing machine. Additionally, in a broader and informal context, any sequential method for determining the one answer to a problem.
A precisely specified computational technique that accepts an input value or collection of values and, following a finite series of computational steps, generates an output value or set of values. Computer programs exemplify algorithms, and an alternative definition of an algorithm is any operation executable by a Turing machine. Additionally, in a broader and informal context, any sequential method for determining the one answer to a problem.
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Psychology Terms – Algolagnia
A synonym for sadomasochism. Also referred to as algophilia.
A synonym for sadomasochism. Also referred to as algophilia.
