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| Terms | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| face n-back task | task | Task in which face stimuli are presented one at a time in a continuous stream, and the objective is to detect faces that repeat every n trials. |
| face perception | concept | The process by which the brain and mind interpret and understand a visual face stimulus. |
| face recognition | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| facial expression | concept | are a form of nonverbal communication resulting from one or more motions or positions of the muscles of the face; these movements convey the emotional state of the individual to observers. (From Wikipedia) |
| Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence | task | a standard instrument for assessing the intensity of physical addiction to nicotine. (from http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000801/579.html) |
| false memory | concept | a series of suggestions and cues that cause a person to believe an event occurred, when in fact did not. (from medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com) |
| familiarity | concept | the quality or state of being familiar; a state of close relationship; close acquaintance with something. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| fear | concept | to have a reverential awe of; to be afraid of. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| feature detection | concept | a process by which specialized nerve cells in the brain respond to specific features of a visual stimulus, such as lines, edges, angle, or movement. (from Wikipedia) |
| feature extraction | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| feedback | concept | the return to the input of a part of the output of a machine, system, or process; the partial reversion of the effects of a process to its source or to a preceding stage; the transmission of evaluative or corrective information about an action, event, or process to the original or controlling source... |
| figure ground | concept | The categorized representation of visual stimuli based on differences in contrast. |
| figure ground relations | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| figure ground reversal | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| figure ground segregation | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| fillers | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| filtering | concept | a device or process that removes from a signal some unwanted component or feature. (from Wikipedia) |
| fixation | concept | the state in which an individual becomes obsessed with an attachment to another human, an animal, or an inanimate object; maintaining the gaze in a constant direction. (from Wikipedia) |
| fixed action patterns | concept | an instinctive behavioral sequence that is indivisible and runs to completion. (from Wikipedia) |
| fluid intelligence | concept | a factor of general intelligence originally identified by Raymond Cattell; Cattell defined fluid intelligence as "…the ability to perceive relationships independent of previous specific practice or instruction concerning those relationships... |
| focus | concept | a localized area of disease or the chief site of a generalized disease or infection; a center of activity, attraction, or attention; a point of concentration. (From merriam-webster.com) |
| focused attention | concept | the ability to respond discretely to specific visual, auditory or tactile stimuli. (from Wikipedia) |
| forgetting | concept | losing the remembrance of, unable to think of or recall; treating with inattention or disregard. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| form perception | concept | the sensory discrimination of a pattern, shape or outline. (from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi) |
| formant | concept | a characteristic component of the quality of a speech sound, specifically: any of several resonance bands held to determine the phonetic quality of a vowel. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| formant frequency | concept | an amplitude peak in the frequency spectrum of an acoustic resonance. (from Wikipedia) |
| Forward digit span task | task | A method of short-term memory measurement in which a person listens to someone say a series of single-digit numbers and must repeat them back in the same order they were given. |
| framing | concept | Framing is a method of biasing opinions- a framing effect occurs when the description of information, such as a speaker presenting an issue, has an emphasis on a subset of potentially relevant considerations and causes individuals to focus on these considerations when constructing their opinions. |
| fricative | concept | (phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English F and S are fricatives... |
| frustration | concept | a deep chronic sense or state of insecurity and dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| function word | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| functional fixedness | concept | a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used. (from Wikipedia) |
| future tense | concept | a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future (in an absolute tense system), or to happen subsequent to some other event, whether that is past, present, or future (in a relative tense system)... |