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habithabit concept An acquired pattern of behavior that often occurs automatically and is reliably triggered by some event or stimulus.
habit learninghabit learning concept Gaining knowledge or skill through repetitious behavior.
habit memoryhabit memory concept occurs when information is stored subconsciously, through repetition and trial-and-error learning. (from http://www.news-medical.net/news/2005/07/27/12074.aspx?page=2)
hallucinationhallucination concept No definition submitted yet
happinesshappiness concept a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. (from Wikipedia)
hearinghearing concept the process, function, or power of perceiving sound; the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli. (from merriam-webster.com)
hedonismhedonism concept No definition submitted yet
heuristic searchheuristic search concept No definition submitted yet
hill climbinghill climbing concept A fast but sometimes unreliable optimization method. When searching for the minimum/maximum value of a function a random step is taken; if the value improves it replaces the current value, then another random step is taken...
homonymhomonym concept A word that sounds exactly the same as another word and also has the same spelling have different meanings, e.g. club as a place to dance vs. club as a large stick
homophonehomophone concept A word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning, such as "nun" and "none".
homunculushomunculus concept An illustration of the amount of physical brain matter devoted to sensory or motor representations of the specific parts of the body
Hooper Visual Organization TestHooper Visual Organization Test task a neuropsychological test of visual spatial ability that presents participants with a line drawing of a common object that has been broken into fragments, and asks participants to name what the object would be if reassembled.
humiliationhumiliation concept to reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes. (from merriam-webster.com)
humorhumor concept the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. (from Wikipedia)
hypernymhypernym concept A linguistic term for a word whose meaning includes the meanings of other words. (from http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/hypernym.htm)