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| Terms | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| maintenance | concept | The process of keeping information in active and immediately accessible state. |
| manipulation | concept | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner; to manage or utilize skillfully; to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage; to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose... |
| mastication | concept | the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. (from Wikipedia) |
| matching pennies game | task | The game is played between two players, Player A and Player B. Each player has a penny and must secretly turn the penny to heads or tails. The players then reveal their choices simultaneously. If the pennies match (both heads or both tails), Player A receives one dollar from Player B (+1 for A, -1 for B)... |
| mathematical reasoning | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Inventory | task | assess obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the areas of contamination fears and washing behaviors, checking, and worries using 30 dichotomously scored (true/false) items. (from http://www.ocdhope.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder... |
| meaning | concept | the thing one intends to convey especially by language; something meant or intended; significant quality; implication of a hidden or special significance; the logical connotation of a word or phrase; the logical denotation or extension of a word or phrase... |
| mechanical reasoning | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| melody | concept | (Also tune, voice, or line), is a linear succession of musical tones which is perceived as a single entity. (From Wikipedia) |
| memory | concept | The ability of an organism to use past events to inform/influence current actions |
| memory acquisition | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| memory consolidation | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| memory decay | concept | the loss of memory over time. (From psychology.wikia.com) |
| memory retrieval | concept | 4 different processes of accessing stored memories: recall, recollection, recognition, relearning. (from psychology.about.com) |
| memory storage | concept | The representation of information in the brain in a form that enables potential retrieval at a later time. |
| memory trace | concept | A residual, and often decayed, neural representation of previous knowledge or experience. |
| mental arithmetic | concept | mathematical calculations done mentally, without writing them down. |
| mental imagery | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| mental representation | concept | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. (from thefreedictionary.com) |
| mental rotation | concept | Ability to rotate an object in one's mind; ability to make perceptual judgments on a new spatial configuration of an object. |
| metacognition | concept | awareness or analysis of one's own learning or thinking processes. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| metacognitive skill | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| metamemory | concept | the learners' awareness of and knowledge about their own memory systems and strategies for using their memories effectively; includes: awareness of different memory strategies, knowledge of which strategy to use for a particular memory task, and knowledge of how to use a given memory strategy most effectively... |
| metaphor | concept | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| MicroCog | task | Overview The first automated neuropsychological battery developed for clinical practice-fast, reliable, extremely efficient Target specific concerns of cognitive impairment in adults with the updated MicroCog™: Assessment of Cognitive Functioning Windows® Edition (MicroCog™ for Windows®)... |
| Mini Mental State Examination | task | The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) or Folstein test is a brief 30-point questionnaire test that is used to screen for cognitive impairment. It is commonly used in medicine to screen for dementia... |
| misattribution | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| monitoring | concept | to watch, keep track of, or check usually for a special purpose. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| mood | concept | a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| morpheme | concept | is the smallest linguistic unit that has semantic meaning |
| morphological processing | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| morphology | concept | (linguistics) the study of the structure and content of word forms; (biology) the study of the form or shape of an organism or part thereof; (materials science), the study of shape, size, texture and phase distribution of physical objects... |
| motor control | concept | The function of supervising motor activities |
| motor execution | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| motor inhibition | concept | The process of attenuating a motor plan. |
| motor learning | concept | the process of improving motor skills, the smoothness and accuracy of movements. (from Wikipedia) |
| motor planning | concept | No definition submitted yet |
| motor program | concept | a distinctive, stereotyped pattern of movement carried out by most healthy members of a species; such behaviors are species-typical but not unique to one species, many are shared by a wide variety of species... |
| Motor response suppression | concept | Active suppression of a motoric action that has already been initiated. |
| motor sequence learning | concept | Serial movement or physical action in a particular order in which a person acquires new skills or knowledge |
| motor sequencing task | task | No definition submitted yet |
| movement | concept | change of place or position or posture; a series of organized activities working toward an objective; the moving parts of a mechanism that transmit a definite motion. (from merriam-webster.com) |
| movement planning | concept | No definition submitted yet |