Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Negative distortions
Negative distortions are automatic thinking patterns that narrow or distort the view of a situation toward threat, guilt, or failure.
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Neocortex
Neocortex is an evolutionarily younger part of the cerebral cortex, particularly developed in mammals, associated with complex cognitive processing.
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Nervous system
The nervous system is a network of cells and structures that receive, process and transmit information in the body.
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Neural plasticity
Neural plasticity is the ability of neurons and neural networks to change their connections and the way they operate under…
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Neurobiology
Neurobiology is a field that studies the structure, functioning and development of the nervous system.
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Neurochemistry
Neurochemistry studies the chemicals and molecular processes involved in the functioning of the nervous system.
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Neurogenesis
Neurogenesis is the process of creating new neurons in the nervous system.
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Neuron
A neuron is the basic cell of the nervous system specialized in receiving, processing and transmitting signals.
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Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity is the ability of the nervous system to change connections, functions and organization due to experience, learning or injury.
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Neurotransmitter
A neurotransmitter is a chemical that carries a signal between neurons or other target cells.
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No boundaries
Lack of boundaries is the difficulty in defining, communicating and protecting one's needs, time, space, values or body.
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Nucleus accumbens
The nucleus accumbens is a part of the ventral striatum important for motivation, reward learning, and responding to stimuli that…
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