Psychology

Sense or act of hearing

A disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind.

Unconscious encoding of incidental information

Part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs

Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory

A type to counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior

The extension of a neuron through which messages pass to other neurons

At about 4 months, the stage of speech in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds

Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory

The body's resting rate of energy expenditure

Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy

The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environment on behavior

Therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors

An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and diseases