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Definitions for various terms related to neuroscience and psychophysics, including the absolute threshold, alzheimer's disease, anorexia nervosa, auditory nerve, automatic processes, autonomic nervous system, and axon.
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DEFINITION 1 operationally defined as the stimulus level at which a sensory signal is detected half the time.In neuroscience and psychophysics, an absolute threshold is the smallest detectable level of a stimulus. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 A chronic organic brain syndrome characterized by gradual loss of memory, decline in intellectual ability, and deterioration of personality. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 The differential diagnoses of anorexia nervosa include various medical and psychological conditions which may be comorbid with anorexia nervosa (AN) or have been misdiagnosed as (AN), in some cases the correct diagnosis wasn't made for over 10 years. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 The nerve that carries impulses from the cochlea to the cochlear nucleus of the brain. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 Processes that do not require attention; they can often be performed along with other tasks without interference.
TERM 6
DEFINITION 6 The subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's involuntary motor responses by connecting the sensory receptors to the central nervous system (CNS) and the CNS to the smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 The extended fiber of a neuron through which nerve impulses travel from the soma to the terminal buttons.