Neural tube

Neural network

Neural hierarchy

Need for cognition

Monotropy

Mode

Mob psychology

Microgenesis

Method

Metaphysical mind

Metamemory

Metalinguistic awareness

Mental models theory

Mental age

Meninges

Menarche

the onset of menstruation in adolescent girls.

the three layers of connective tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord. metabolic costs in the study of evolution, the expenditure of metabolic energy by brain tissue in order to support intelligence.

in intelligence testing, the mental level at which a person has arrived compared with their actual, chronological age.

a framework for presenting research in thinking and reasoning based on manipulation of the models of parts of the world that people have in their minds.

the ability to recognize how people use language in its various linguistic forms and how language functions within particular cultures.

the self-awareness of memory abilities in the young child which leads it to realize more about the need to apply strategies effectively.

in philosophical discussion of neuroscience, a definition of the human mind as being non-physical, i.e. as a separate entity that is not a property of brain function.

the procedures that are followed when carrying out a research project, or the section of a research report which describes those procedures

in environmental psychology, the development of knowledge about a new environmental area based on the skills acquired through ontogenesis.

An early psychological theory of crowds as reverting to a 'primitive' state and becoming unpredictable, impulsive and dangerous.

A measure of central tendency which is calculated by choosing the score in a set which occurs most often.

A theory put forward by Bowlby, that infants form only one very strong attachment to their mothers, different from their attachments to other people.

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in the study of attitude change, the tendency to engage in and enjoy thinking, which makes people more likely to elaborate the arguments contained in a message.

the idea (now unpopular) that a descriptive hierarchy of the stimulus can be achieved simply by wiring together cells with progressively more complex properties.

a type of computer model consisting of many simple units (thought to be roughly equivalent to individual neurones), connected together by excitatory or inhibitory links.

in the early stages of the development of the brain in the embryo, a tubular structure derived from the outer layer of cells of the embryo and from which the brain and spinal cord develop.

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