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Early Social Communications ScalesEarly Social Communications Scales task No definition submitted yet.
Eating/DrinkingEating/Drinking task Subjects eat food (e.g., chocolate) or drink liquids (e.g., juice).
echoic memoryechoic memory concept refers to the phenomenon in which there is a brief mental echo that continues to sound after an auditory stimulus has been heard.
echolocationecholocation concept the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to return and the direction from which it returns, as by radar or sonar.
edge detectionedge detection concept a fundamental tool in image processing and computer vision, particularly in the areas of feature detection and feature extraction, which aim at identifying points in a digital image at which the image brightness changes sharply or more formally has discontinuities.
Edinburgh Handedness InventoryEdinburgh Handedness Inventory task a measurement scale used to assess the dominance of a person's right or left hand in everyday activities. It consists of a questionnaire with 10 activities listed (writing, drawing, throwing, using scissors, using a toothbrush, using a knife without a fork, using a spoon, the upper hand when using a broom, striking a match, and opening the lid of a box)...
efficiencyefficiency concept the quality or degree of being efficient; effective operation as measured by a comparison of production with cost (as in energy, time, and money); the ratio of the useful energy delivered by a dynamic system to the energy supplied to it...
efforteffort concept Consciously or intentionally engaging cognitive resources in order to achieve a particular end.
effortful processingeffortful processing concept learning or storing (encoding) that requires attention and effort.
egocentricegocentric concept A frame of reference centered around the self. In perception, a first-person frame of reference.
elaborative processingelaborative processing concept Processing in which semantic associations or relations between words/concepts are generated or elaborated on.
elaborative rehearsalelaborative rehearsal concept a type of rehearsal proposed by Craik and Lockhart (1972) in their Levels of Processing model of memory. Elaborative rehearsal involves deep semantic processing of a to-be-remembered item resulting in the production of durable memories.
electric stimulationelectric stimulation task An electric stimulus is applied to the skin and the participant rates the perceived pain on a visual analogue scale.
Embedded Figures TestEmbedded Figures Test task In the embedded Figures Test, the research participant is shown a complex background figure and asked to describe it. After this, the participant is shown a target (such as the outline of a triangle) and asked to locate the target amid the background figure.
emotionemotion concept a complex of psychological phenomena that involve some degree of arousal and valence (positive/negative)
emotion perceptionemotion perception concept The process involving understanding feelings with different valences of oneself or of others
emotion recognitionemotion recognition concept The process of assigning an emotion to one of the discrete categories of emotion available in a particular culture.
emotional bondingemotional bonding concept A process of bringing people together based on mutually shared emotions.
emotional decision makingemotional decision making concept The use of affective information as information in a decision making process or as a basis for making a decision. Hot cognition.
emotional expressionemotional expression concept observable verbal and nonverbal behavior that communicates emotion with or without self-awareness.
emotional intelligenceemotional intelligence concept the capacity, skill or ability to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups.
emotional memoryemotional memory concept Emotional memory is the storage and recall of events and details that are couple with the physiological response that was present when the event occurred.
emotional mimicryemotional mimicry concept is the ability of a person to imitate, copy, and experience the physical and emotional characteristics of another persons emotion.
emotional recognitionemotional recognition concept The ability to identify and understand an emotion.
emotional regulation taskemotional regulation task task No definition submitted yet.
emotional suppressionemotional suppression concept An process to reduce or inhibit the impact of an emotion on ones current conscious state or behavior.
empathyempathy concept The act of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and or experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another.
encodingencoding concept The process of creating a new memory trace.
Encoding TaskEncoding Task task Subjects view stimuli (words, pictures, letters) and are instructed to memorize them.
episodic bufferepisodic buffer concept A theoretical construct that is part of Alan Baddeley's working memory model and the object of which is to integrate information across sensory domains and communicate with long term memory in the service of working memory...
episodic learningepisodic learning concept a change in behavior that occurs as a result of an event; episodic learning is so named because events are recorded into episodic memory.
episodic memoryepisodic memory concept memory of autobiographical events (times, places, associated emotions, and other contextual knowledge) that can be explicitly stated.
Episodic RecallEpisodic Recall task Subjects recall items from episodic memory (autobiographical history, long-term event memories). This class is commonly used in generating a type of emotion linked to a specific memory. This class does NOT include tasks which probe semantic memory (memory of facts or concepts) in which subjects are asked to recall stimuli that were memorized prior to scanning - those are coded as Cued Explicit Recognition.
Eriksen flanker taskEriksen flanker task task A task in which participants view stimuli (typically arrows) presented one at a time and to which they must make a simple lexical response. These stimuli are surrounded by either distracting or facilitating items...
error detectionerror detection concept Processes that identify when mistakes have been made.
error signalerror signal concept An event following error detection, in which a sign is relayed notifying the advent of an error.
error trappingerror trapping concept procedures that detect and correct errors before the errors cause further confusion.
excitationexcitation concept (emotion) an increase in one's state of arousal. (neuroscience) A state of increased activity due to stimulation.
excitementexcitement concept the act of exciting; the state of being excited; aroused, augmented, or abnormal activity of an organism or functioning of an organ or part; extreme motor hyperactivity.
executive controlexecutive control concept A top-down system that manages and controls other cognitive processes, allowing goal-directed behavior.
executive functionexecutive function concept A top-down system that manages and controls other cognitive processes, allowing goal-directed behavior.
expectancyexpectancy concept A belief about something in the future. Sometimes requires explicit, conscious awareness, distinct from unconscious, conditioning-based learning.
expertiseexpertise concept Having a highly cultivated level of skill in a particular domain. Occurs after prolonged experience in a domain.
explicit knowledgeexplicit knowledge concept Knowledge that can be articulated or expressed intentionally.
explicit learningexplicit learning concept Acquisition of skills and/or knowledge actively and with awareness. Typically such learning is accompanied by meta-awareness - individuals can explain how they acquired the skill/knowledge.
explicit memoryexplicit memory concept the conscious, intentional recollection of previous experiences and information.
Extradimensional shift taskExtradimensional shift task task A task in which multiple (typically two) stimuli are presented simultaneously and the subject must select the stimulus that matches the currently relevant rule. The relevant rule alternates or "shifts" among multiple (typically two) rules...
extrinsic motivationextrinsic motivation concept motivated by external factors, as opposed to the internal drivers of intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation drives one to do things for tangible rewards or pressures.