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• Nervous System
  Molecular Biology
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  Neuroscience
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  Chemical synapse

  Chemical synapses are specialized junctions through which cells of the nervous system signal to one another and to non-neuronal cells such as muscles or glands. A chemical synapse between a motor ... > more
• Psychology
  Behavior
  Social Psychology
  Intelligence
  Child Psychology
  Psychiatry
   
  

  Cognitive dissonance

  Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term describing the uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time, or from engaging in behavior that conflicts ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Psychology
  Sports Medicine
  Borderline Personality Disorder
  Perception
   
  

  Emotion

  Emotion, in its most general definition, is a neural impulse that moves an organism to action, prompting automatic reactive behavior that has been adapted through evolution as a survival mechanism to ... > more
• Neuroscience
  Psychiatry
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Depression
  Intelligence
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  Psychosurgery

  Psychosurgery is a term for surgeries of the brain involving procedures that modulate the performance of the brain, and thus effect changes in cognition, with the intent to treat or alleviate severe ... > more
• Birth Defects
  Alcoholism
  Infant's Health
  Addiction
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

  Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) describes a spectrum of permanent and often devastating birth-defect syndromes caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Depression
  Sports Medicine
  Mental Health Research
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Deep brain stimulation

  Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is one of a group of treatments involving surgical implantation of a medical device called a brain pacemaker, which sends electrical impulses to specific parts of the ... > more
• Alcoholism
  Addiction
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Birth Defects
   
  

  Alcoholism

  Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholic's normal personal, family, social, or work life. The chronic ... > more
• Perception
  Eye Care
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Psychology
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Visual perception

  Visual perception is one of the senses, consisting of the ability to detect light and interpret (see) it as the perception known as sight or naked eye vision. Vision has a specific sensory system, ... > 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
• Borderline Personality Disorder
  Behavior
  Psychiatry
  Social Psychology
  Psychology
  Mental Health
   

  Psychotherapy

  Psychotherapy is a range of techniques which use only dialogue and communication and which are designed to improve the mental health of a client or patient, or to improve group relationships (such as ... > more

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