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🗣️Linguistic Determinism
Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think.
🏛️Long-Term Memory
The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory.
⚡Long-Term Potentiation
An increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation.
📊Mean
The arithmetic average of a set of numbers.
📊Median
The middle value in a sorted list of numbers.
🧘Meditation
The practice of focusing attention to achieve calm.
💓Medulla
The base of the brainstem controlling heartbeat and breathing.
🧠Memory
The persistence of learning over time.
📏Mental Age
A measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet.
🧠Mental Set
A tendency to approach a problem in a particular way.
👂Middle Ear
The chamber between the eardrum and cochlea.
🧘Mindfulness Meditation
A reflective practice in which people attend to current experiences in a nonjudgmental and accepting manner.
🪞Mirror Neurons
Neurons that fire when performing or observing an action.
❌Misinformation Effect
Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event.
🧩Mnemonics
Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery.
📊Mode
The most frequently occurring value in a data set.
👥Modeling
The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.
👁️Monocular Cues
Depth cues available to either eye alone.
😊Mood-Congruent Memory
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current mood.
📦Morpheme
The smallest unit that carries meaning.
🔥Motivation
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.
🏃Motor Cortex
Controls voluntary movement.
🧲MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, uses magnetic fields to image the brain.
🛡️Myelin Sheath
A fatty covering that speeds up neural impulses.
🪞Narcissism
Excessive self-love and self-absorption.
😴Narcolepsy
A sleep disorder causing sudden sleep attacks.
⬇️Negative Correlation
A relationship where one variable increases as the other decreases.
🚫Negative Reinforcement
Removing an aversive stimulus to strengthen behavior.
🕸️Nervous System
The body's electrochemical communication network.
⚡Neuron
A nerve cell that transmits electrical impulses.