Category: S

Serial Position Effect This term is a memory-related term and refers to the tendency to recall information that is presented first and…

Sensory Neurons You have a few different types of neurons in your body including interneurons, motor neurons, and sensory neurons. Sensory neurons…

Sensory Memory The part of the memory system which is the initial contact for stimuli. Sensory memory is only capable of retaining…

Sensory Interaction Sensory interaction refers to the interaction of the senses to each other and how they influence each other. Taste and…

Sensory Cortex The sensory cortex is an umbrella term that encompasses all the senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Although many…

Sensory Adaptation We get used to things. This goes for lots of things in life including smells, sounds, sights, games, people, situations…seems…

Sensorimotor Stage of Development According to the legendary developmental psychologist, Jean Piaget, from birth to approximately age 2 learn to coordinate all…

Sensitive Period The term, Sensitive Period is a developmental term and refers to a time when a child is particularly receptive to…

Sensation Technically, the sensation can be defined as the neural synaptic firing of our receptors and our brain’s interpretation of these firings.…

Semantics Semantics concerns the meanings of words, signs, symbols, and the phrases that represent them. More specifically, it is the study of…