Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossaries
| Term | Main definition |
|---|---|
| manifest content | Glossaries - Psychology storyline of events that occur during a dream, per Sigmund Freud’s view of the function of dreams |
| meditation | Glossaries - Psychology clearing the mind in order to achieve a state of relaxed awareness and focus |
| medulla | Glossaries - Psychology |
| melatonin | Glossaries - Psychology hormone secreted by the endocrine gland that serves as an important regulator of the sleepwake cycle |
| membrane potential | Glossaries - Psychology difference in charge across the neuronal membrane |
| memory | Glossaries - Psychology set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over different periods of time |
| menarche | Glossaries - Psychology beginning of menstrual period; around 12–13 years old |
| mental set | Glossaries - Psychology continually using an old solution to a problem without results |
| meta-analysis | Glossaries - Psychology study that combines the results of several related studies |
| metabolic rate | Glossaries - Psychology amount of energy that is expended in a given period of time |
| methadone | Glossaries - Psychology synthetic opioid that is less euphorogenic than heroin and similar drugs; used to manage |
| methadone clinic | Glossaries - Psychology uses methadone to treat withdrawal symptoms in opiate users |
| methamphetamine | Glossaries - Psychology type of amphetamine that can be made from pseudoephedrine, an over-the-counter drug; widely manufactured and abused |
| midbrain | Glossaries - Psychology division of the brain located between the forebrain and the hindbrain; contains the reticular formation |
| Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) | Glossaries - Psychology personality test composed of a series of true/ false questions in order to establish a clinical profile of an individual |