Universal grammar (UG)

Unipolar depression

Underextension

Umbilical cord

Trust

Trichromatic theory

Travelling wave

Transient response

Transformational grammar

Traits

Topicalization

Top-down processing

Tonotopic map

Timing cue

one of the main sources of information in locating the direction of sound sources. See also intensity cue, interaural delay.

the orderly projection of neurones from the cochlea so that nearby cells at the destination are tuned to nearby frequencies.

a type of information processing in which prior knowledge about the world is thought to influence earlier levels of processing, such as the description of the image.

a feature of all languages, and which is very common in some dialects, in which some phrase, which appears logically to belong buried deep in a sentence, is moved to the front of the sentence for emphasis.

those enduring characteristics or dispositions of a person which give rise to behaviour and define their particular responses to things.

the rules governing a proposition by Noam Chomsky that the most basic sentences,essentially SADDs are transformed into more complex sentences by a sequence of one or more transformations.

the type of neural response that occurs only at the onset or offset of a stimulus. See also sustained response.

the dynamic distortion of the basilar membrane in the cochlea produced by auditory stimuli.

the idea that perceived colour depends, in human beings, upon three mechanisms, each sensitive to a different range of wavelengths. See also opponency theory.

the polar opposite of mistrust, which the young child learns to master as part of the development of ego functioning.

U

a flexible, tubelike cord which connects the fetus to the placenta and through which blood, nutrients, oxygen and waste products are interchanged between the mother and the foetus.

a type of error incurred by a child when it is striving to use a word without comprehending its full adult meaning, for example by using the generic term 'dog' to refer to the family dog.See also overextension.

one of two types of severe depression, where the person only has depressive symptoms without the manic phase. See also bipolar depression.

the theory, suggested by the American linguist Noam Chomsky, that all children possess an in-built faculty for spoken language, a theory which is disputed by others, who consider that children are born only with general learning processes which enable them to learn language amongst other things.

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