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| Terms | Type | Definition |
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| dative | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| dative shift | concept | a grammatical process by which an oblique argument of a verb, usually one functioning as a recipient or a benefactive (roles often expressed by datives), is placed in the same grammatical role as a patient, increasing the valency of the verb and forming a clause with two objects... |
| deactivation | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| decay of activation | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| deception | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| decision | concept | The outcome of a process during which a choice is made, usually between several possible options |
| decision making | concept | the mental processes (cognitive process) resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternatives. (from Wikipedia) |
| decision making stage | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| declarative knowledge | concept | Knowledge that is descriptive and includes knowing "that" rather than knowing "how" (can be expressed in declarative sentences). |
| declarative memory | concept | Memory for facts, and that can be consciously articulated such as by recall or recognition. |
| declarative rule | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| deductive inference | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| deductive reasoning | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| deep processing | concept | fully analyzing information in terms of its meaning and importance. (from http://www.uark.edu/misc/lampinen/LOP.html) |
| deep structure | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| delayed match to sample task | task | No definition submitted yet |
| delayed nonmatch to sample task | task | A task in which an target is presented and then removed from view. This target must be maintained in working memory for a delay, after which it is presented with non-target(s). The participant's task is to identify the non-target. |
| delayed recall test | task | A task in which participants are given information to remember (list of words or paragraph) and which they are asked to reproduce after some span of time. |
| delayed recognition task | task | The subject is presented with a set of stimuli called the target set, and must maintain those stimuli over a delay. A probe appears after the delay, and the subject must respond whether the probe was in the target set. |
| depth cue | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| depth perception | concept | Ability to perceive the visual world in three dimensions. |
| desire | concept | to long or hope for, exhibit or feel desire for; to express a wish for. (From merriam-webster.com) |
| determinant | concept | an element that identifies or determines the nature of something or that fixes or conditions an outcome; a square array of numbers bordered on the left and right by a vertical line and having a value equal to the algebraic sum of all possible products where the number of factors in each product is the same as the number of rows or columns, each factor in a given product is taken from a different row and column, and the sign of a product is positive or negative depending upon whether the number of permutations necessary to place the indices representing each factor's position in its row or column in the order of the natural numbers is odd or even... |
| diacritic | concept | a mark near or through an orthographic or phonetic character or combination of characters indicating a phonetic value different from that given the unmarked or otherwise marked element. (from merriam-webster... |
| dialect | concept | a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language; one of two or more cognate languages; a variety of a language used by the members of a group; a variety of language whose identity is fixed by a factor other than geography (as social class)... |
| Digit span task | task | A task in which participants are presented with sequentially presented digits and are then asked to recall the items. The number of digits that can be correctly recalled provides an estimate of working memory capacity. |
| Digit/Symbol Coding test | task | No definition submitted yet |
| diphthong | concept | a gliding monosyllabic speech sound (as the vowel combination at the end of toy) that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another. (from merriam-webster... |
| discourse | concept | the capacity of orderly thought or procedure, verbal interchange of ideas; formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject, connected speech or writing, linguistic unit larger than a sentence... |
| discourse comprehension | concept | Discourse comprehension is the act of interpreting a written or spoken message by integrating the incoming information into the memory or knowledge structures of the interpreter. (from http://www.blackwellreference... |
| discourse knowledge | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| discourse planning | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| discourse processing | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| discourse production | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| dispositions | concept | The willful process of executing a plan or activity |
| distraction | concept | Any event that interrupts a mental process. |
| distributed coding | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| divergent thinking | concept | a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions. (from Wikipedia) |
| divided attention | concept | The process by which an individual can perform multiple non-automatic tasks at the same time. |
| Doors and People Test | task | Doors and People is a test of long-term memory. It yields a single age-scaled overall score which can be ‘unpacked’ to give separate measures of visual and verbal memory, recall and recognition, and forgetting... |
| drawl | concept | A drawl is a perceived feature of some varieties of spoken English, and generally indicates longer vowel sounds and/or diphthongs. Varieties of English which are said to feature pronounced drawls include Southern American English, Californian English and Australian English, especially Broad Australian English. |
| dream | concept | a succession of thoughts, images, sounds or emotions which the mind experiences during sleep. (from Wikipedia) |