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• Hormone Disorders
  Diabetes
  Women's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Menopause
  Children's Health
   

  Growth hormone treatment

  Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands and given ... > more
• Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Dieting and Weight Control
  Relationships
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Perception
   
  

  Altruism

  Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures, and central to many religious traditions. In English, this idea was often described as the Golden ... > more
• Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Intelligence
  Perception
  Behavior
  Anger Management
   

  Anchoring

  Anchoring or focalism is a term used in psychology to describe the common human tendency to rely too heavily, or "anchor," on one trait or piece of information when making decisions. During normal ... > more
• Attention Deficit Disorder
  Borderline Personality Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Psychiatry
  Eating Disorders
  Mental Health Research
   

  Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

  Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), or anankastic personality disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterized by a general psychological inflexibility, rigid conformity to ... > more
• Virtual Reality
  Video Games
  Computer Modeling
  Consumer Behavior
  Computer Programming
  Communications
   
  

  Virtual reality

  Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment, be it a real or imagined one. Most current virtual reality environments are primarily ... > more
• Attention Deficit Disorder
  ADD and ADHD
  Mental Health
  Mental Health Research
  Children's Health
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Adult attention-deficit disorder

  Adult attention deficit disorder (AADD) refers to the psychiatric condition currently known as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (also known as attention deficit disorder (ADD)) when it ... > more
• Psychology
  Intelligence
  Behavior
  Neuroscience
  Dementia
  Child Development
   
  

  Cognition

  The term cognition is used in several loosely related ways to refer to a faculty for the human-like processing of information, applying knowledge and changing preferences. Cognition or cognitive ... > more
• Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Child Psychology
  Behavior
  Mental Health
  Stress
   

  Ego psychology

  Ego psychology is a school of psychoanalysis that originated in Sigmund Freud's ego-id-superego model. After Freud, a number of prominent psychoanalytic theorists began to elaborate on Freud's ... > more
• Behavior
  Anger Management
  Social Psychology
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Borderline Personality Disorder
  Psychiatry
   
  

  Passive-aggressive behavior

  Passive-aggressive behavior refers to passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations. Sometimes a method of dealing with stress ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Perception
  Developmental Biology
  Molecular Biology
   

  Sensory neuron

  Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. For example, some sensory ... > more

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