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Frequency. ~2% (children) [ 3] Strabismus is a vision disorder in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object. [ 2] The eye that is pointed at an object can alternate. [ 3] The condition may be present occasionally or constantly. [ 3] If present during a large part of childhood, it may result in amblyopia, or ...
Specialty. Ophthalmology. Exotropia is a form of strabismus where the eyes are deviated outward. It is the opposite of esotropia and usually involves more severe axis deviation than exophoria. People with exotropia often experience crossed diplopia. Intermittent exotropia is a fairly common condition. "Sensory exotropia" occurs in the presence ...
The International Affective Picture System ( IAPS) is a database of pictures designed to provide a standardized set of pictures for studying emotion and attention [ 1] that has been widely used in psychological research. [ 2] The IAPS was developed by the National Institute of Mental Health Center for Emotion and Attention at the University of ...
Body image. Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. [ 1] The concept of body image is used in several disciplines, including neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural and feminist studies; the media also often uses the ...
External image. In psychology, the external image (also alien image, foreign image, public image, third-party image; German: Fremdbild) is the image other people have of a person, i.e., a person's external image is the way they are viewed by other people. It contrasts with a person's self image ( German: Selbstbild ); how the external image is ...
Sexual arousal. Sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when exposed to sexual stimuli. A number of physiological responses occur in the body and mind as preparation for sexual intercourse, and continue during intercourse.
Strabismus, or crossed eyes, occurs when the eyes point in different directions. This can cause the brain to see two images or double vision. Coloboma involves missing eye tissue.
As used in psychology and psychiatry, it is substantially different. It refers to an uncontrollable urge to exhibit one's genitals to an unsuspecting stranger, and is called an "Exhibitionistic Disorder" rather than simply exhibitionism. [1] It is an obsessive compulsive paraphilic disorder, which typically involves men exposing themselves to ...