| 1. | L DOPA | (3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine) is a naturally occurring amino acid found in food and made from L-Tyrosine in the human body. L-DOPA is converted into dopamine in the brain and body. It is More… 0.5 KB |
| 2. | La belle indifference | 1 - Feature of conversion disorders involving an odd lack of concern about one's loss of functioning in some area of one's body. 2 - Literally, "beautiful More… 0.3 KB |
| 3. | La petite mort | La petite mort, French for "the little death", is a reference for the refractory period following sexual orgasm. The term has generally been interpreted to describe the More… 1.7 KB |
| 4. | Labeling theory | In (sociology and criminology); it was developed by sociologist Howard Becker. It focuses on the linguistic tendency of majorities to negatively label minorities or those seen as deviant More… 0.8 KB |
| 5. | Labile | labile The free and swiftly changing expression of EMOTION. |
| 6. | Labyrinth | the portion of the inner ear containing the receptors for hearing (cochlear) and those for the static sense (uricle, succule, and semicircular canals). |
| 7. | Ladder scale | a self-anchoring scale for measuring the individual's attitude toward the real world as contrasted with his attitude toward his ideal world. |
| 8. | Lag | 1- a time delay between stimulus and response. 2- a brief period after the removal of a stimulus, when it is still perceived. |
| 9. | Laicism | In French, laïcité is a French concept of a secular society, connoting the absence of religious involvement in government affairs as well as absence of government involvement in religious More… 0.8 KB |
| 10. | Laing Ronald | Laing, Ronald D. (1927-1989) A Scottish PSYCHIATRIST whose comprehensive criticisms of traditional psychiatric diagnosis and treatment have been fairly influential. A leading figure in More… 0.4 KB |
| 11. | Laissez faire | a kind of leadership in which a minimum of control is exerted. |
| 12. | Laloplegia | paralysis of the speech muscles, with consequent inability to speak. |
| 13. | Lamarckianism | Lamarckianism A theory of EVOLUTION proposed by the nineteenthcentury French biologist Henri Lamarck and suggesting that an animal's ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS could be More… 0.3 KB |
| 14. | Lamarckism | or Lamarckanism; the theory that structural changes acquired by an organism through use or disuse can be transmitted to the offspring. |
| 15. | Lambert | a unit of luminance or brightness equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting one lumen per square centimeter. The millilambert, which equals 1/1000 lambert, is more More… 0.3 KB |
| 16. | Lamberts law | a law stating the interrelation of incidence, emission, and reflection of light, to the effect that these factors vary directly as the cosine of the angle of the rays perpendicular to the More… 0.3 KB |
| 17. | Landau Kleffner syndrome | Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), also called infantile acquired aphasia, acquired epileptic aphasia or aphasia with convulsive disorder, is a rare, childhood neurological syndrome. It is More… 1.5 KB |
| 18. | Landolt C | also known as a Landolt ring or Landolt broken ring, is an optotype, i.e. a standardized symbol used for testing vision. It consists of a ring that has a gap, thus looking similar to the More… 0.7 KB |
| 19. | Landolt circles | circles with gaps of varying degree used in the determination of visual acuity. |
| 20. | Language Acquisition Device | abrr:(LAD); is a postulated "organ" of the brain that is supposed to function as a congenital device for learning symbolic language (i.e., language acquisition). First proposed by More… 4.3 KB |
| 21. | Language behavior | behavior involving the use of language whether oral, written, or in the form of gestures. |
| 22. | Language centers | a number of areas of the cerebral cortex that function in various aspects of spoken and writting language and in music. Broca's area, or the speech center, is the best known of the More… 0.2 KB |
| 23. | Language disorders | Also called Language impairments, as they are also called, are disorders that involve the processing of linguistic information. Problems that may be experienced can involve grammar (syntax More… 1.0 KB |
| 24. | Language module | refers to a hypothesized structure in the human brain (anatomical module) or cognitive system (functional module) that some psycholinguists (e.g., Steven Pinker) claim contains innate More… 0.5 KB |
| 25. | Lanugo hair | delicate, downy hair that appears briefly during the later months of fetal development. |