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  2. Mental rotation - Wikipedia

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    Then they showed them a picture of a "1" rotated and its mirror image. It appears that gendered differences may appear early in development, as the study showed that males are more responsive to the mirror image. According to the study, this may mean that males and females process mental rotation differently even as infants. [15]

  3. Reversal theory - Wikipedia

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    Reversal theory is a structural, phenomenological theory of personality, motivation, and emotion in the field of psychology. [1] It focuses on the dynamic qualities of normal human experience to describe how a person regularly reverses between psychological states, reflecting their motivational style, the meaning they attach to a situation at a given time, and the emotions they experience.

  4. Multirotor - Wikipedia

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    A multirotor [1] or multicopter is a rotorcraft with more than two lift-generating rotors. An advantage of multirotor aircraft is the simpler rotor mechanics required for flight control. An advantage of multirotor aircraft is the simpler rotor mechanics required for flight control.

  5. List of psychological effects - Wikipedia

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    Psychology portal; A list of 'effects' that have been noticed in the field of psychology. [clarification needed] Ambiguity effect; Assembly bonus effect; Audience effect;

  6. Modularity of mind - Wikipedia

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    In the 1980s, however, Jerry Fodor revived the idea of the modularity of mind, although without the notion of precise physical localizability. Drawing from Noam Chomsky's idea of the language acquisition device and other work in linguistics as well as from the philosophy of mind and the implications of optical illusions, he became a major proponent of the idea with the 1983 publication of ...

  7. Motivational intensity - Wikipedia

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    Motivational intensity and arousal are related, but are considered to be separate ideas; arousal has implications for action, but motivational intensity does not and it is possible to experience high levels of arousal, but not experience motivational intensity (e.g., laughing). [3]

  8. Ideomotor phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    Brown's "Affections of the Mind", as discussed in his Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Yeates, 2005, p.119). With the rise of Spiritualism in 1840s, mediums devised and refined a variety of techniques for communicating, ostensibly, with the spirit world including table-turning and planchette writing boards (the precursor to later Ouija boards).

  9. Subpersonality - Wikipedia

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    Stacking dolls provide a visual representation of subpersonalities.. A subpersonality is, in humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology and ego psychology, a personality mode that activates (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations. [1]