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| Terms | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| n-back task | task | A task in which items (e.g., letters) are presented one at a time and participants must identify each item that repeats relative to the item that occurred "n" items before its onset. |
| naming | concept | to give a name to; to mention or identify by name; to decide on; to mention explicitly (form merriam-webster.com) |
| narrative | concept | a story that is created in a constructive format (as a work of writing, speech, poetry, prose, pictures, song, motion pictures, video games, theater or dance) that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events... |
| nasal | concept | pertaining to the nose and the nasal cavity; a speech sound produced by having air flow through the nose. (from medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com) |
| navigation | concept | The process of controlling the movement of a body/entity/vehicle through space from one point to another. |
| nine-hole peg test | task | a timed test of fine motor coordination; the test involves the subject placing 9 dowels in 9 holes. Subjects are scored on the amount of time it takes to place and remove all 9 pegs. (from http://healthsciences... |
| nociception | concept | the neural processes of encoding and processing noxious stimuli. (From Wikipedia) |
| nominative | concept | marking typically the subject of a verb especially in languages that have relatively full inflection. (From merriam-webster.com) |
| nondeclarative knowledge | concept | The nonconscious or implicit ability to express and practice learned information. (from http://memory.ucsf.edu/glossary.html#nondeclarative_memory) |
| nondeclarative memory | concept | Memory acquired through experience and which can not be consciously articulated (such as by recall or recognition). This type of memory includes priming, conditioning, skill-acquisition, and habits. |
| noun | concept | any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners to serve as the subject of a verb, can be interpreted as singular or plural, can be replaced with a pronoun, and refer to an entity, quality, state, action, or concept... |
| novelty detection | concept | the identification of new or unknown data or signals that a machine learning system is not aware of during training. (from Wikipedia) |
| number | concept | Number is an abstract property of sets. |