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  Confirmation bias

  In psychology and cognitive science, confirmation bias (or confirmatory bias) is a tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions, leading to statistical ... > more
• Sleep Disorder Research
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  Sleep

  Sleep is the state of natural rest observed throughout the animal kingdom, in all mammals and birds, and in many reptiles, amphibians, and fish. In humans, other mammals, and many other animals ... > more
• Educational Psychology
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  Instructional design

  Instructional design, also known as instructional systems design, is the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of ... > more
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  Narcolepsy

  Narcolepsy is a neurological condition characterized by severe fatigue, irresistible episodes of sleep and general sleep disorder. The main characteristic of narcolepsy is overwhelming excessive ... > more
• Behavior
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  Illusion of control

  Illusion of control is the tendency for human beings to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes that they demonstrably have no influence over. The predominant paradigm in research on ... > more
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  Sleep Disorders
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  Rapid eye movement

  Rapid eye movement (REM) is the stage of sleep characterized by rapid saccadic movements of the eyes. During this stage, the activity of the brain's neurons is quite similar to that during waking ... > more
• Psychiatry
  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Mental Health Research
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Anxiety
   
  

  Obsessive-compulsive disorder

  Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder; more specifically, it is an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but it is most commonly characterized by a ... > more
• Neuroscience
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  Amygdala

  The amygdala (Latin, corpus amygdaloideum) is an almond-shape set of neurons located deep in the brain's medial temporal lobe. Shown to play a key role in the processsing of emotions, the amygdala ... > more
• Sleep Disorder Research
  Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorders
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Healthy Aging
   

  Narcolepsy

  Narcolepsy is a neurological condition most characterized by Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS), episodes of sleep and disorder of REM or rapid eye movement sleep. It is a type of dyssomnia. The main ... > 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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