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• Memory
  Educational Psychology
  Neuroscience
  Perception
  Child Development
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  Mnemonic

  A mnemonic is a memory aid. Mnemonics are often verbal, something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something. Mnemonics rely not only on repetition to ... > more
• Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Mental Health
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Mental Health Research
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Mental confusion

  Severe confusion of a degree considered pathological usually refers to loss of orientation (ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time, location, and personal identity), and often memory ... > more
• Mental Health
  Psychiatry
  Depression
  Schizophrenia
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Spirituality
   

  Delusion

  A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fanciful or derived from deception. In psychiatry, the definition is ... > more
• PTSD
  Mental Health Research
  Psychiatry
  Stress
  Mental Health
  Depression
   
  

  Post-traumatic stress disorder

  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term for certain psychological consequences of exposure to, or confrontation with, stressful experiences that the person experiences as highly traumatic. ... > 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
• Schizophrenia
  Parkinson's
  Controlled Substances
  Illegal Drugs
  Insomnia
  Pharmacology
   
  

  Dopamine

  Dopamine is a chemical naturally produced in the body. In the brain, dopamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating dopamine receptors. Dopamine can be supplied as a medication that acts on the ... > more
• Borderline Personality Disorder
  Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
  Child Psychology
  Intelligence
   
  

  Personality psychology

  Personality psychology is a branch of psychology which studies personality and individual different processes - that which makes us into a person. One emphasis is on trying to create a coherent ... > more
• Mad Cow Disease
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Sports Medicine
  Chronic Illness
   

  Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

  Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, also known as prion diseases) are a group of progressive conditions that affect the brain and nervous system of humans and animals and are transmitted ... > more
• Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
  Relationships
  Child Psychology
  Psychiatry
   
  

  Social psychology (psychology)

  Social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. The terms thoughts, feelings, and ... > 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
• ADD and ADHD
  Mental Health
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Psychiatry
  Child Development
  Educational Psychology
   
  

  Controversy about ADHD

  The psychiatric diagnosis of Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has attracted an assortment of critical positions that individually challenge the ontology or preconceptions of the ... > more
• Sleep Disorder Research
  Sleep Disorders
  Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Insomnia

  Insomnia is characterized by an inability to sleep and/or to be incapable of remaining asleep for a reasonable period. Insomniacs typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or "rest their ... > more

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