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This perceptual effect is known as the Ganong effect. [7] TRACE reliably simulates this, and can explain it in relatively simple terms. Essentially, the lexical unit which has become activated by the input (i.e. wood) feeds back activation to the phoneme layer, boosting the activation of its constituent phonemes (i.e. /d/ ), thus resolving the ...
This glossary covers terms found in the psychiatric literature; the word origins are primarily Greek, but there are also Latin, French, German, and English terms. Many of these terms refer to expressions dating from the early days of psychiatry in Europe; some are deprecated, and thus are of historic interest.
When the skin is pinched, the amount of time the pinch remains visible following the pinch is an indicator. [2] When skin has been damaged by the sun, pinching can be used to determine the amount of damage. Examining the appearance with varying amounts of time following the pinch can be used to determine the amount of damage. [3]
It is derived from the terms "ideo" (idea, or mental representation) and "motor" (muscular action). The phrase is most commonly used in reference to the process whereby a thought or mental image brings about a seemingly "reflexive" or automatic muscular reaction, often of minuscule degree, and potentially outside of the awareness of the subject.
A pinch (or: Bennett pinch [2] (after Willard Harrison Bennett), electromagnetic pinch, [3] magnetic pinch, [4] pinch effect, [5] or plasma pinch. [6]) is the compression of an electrically conducting filament by magnetic forces, or a device that does such. The conductor is usually a plasma, but could also be a solid or liquid metal.
Pinch or pinching may refer to: Pinch (action), to grip an object or substance between two fingers. Pinch (unit), a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice; Pinch (whisky) or Haig's Pinch, brand of Scotch whisky; Pinch, Indiana, an unincorporated community; Pinch, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Kanawha County
[1] Edward Artin, who succeeded Kenyon as the pronunciation editor of Webster's Dictionary , sought to revise the pronouncing dictionary many years after the publication of Webster's Third (1961), but to no avail, since none of the publishers Artin approached, including the Merriam company, thought it profitable to publish a new edition of the ...