Glossary / Lexicon
Landmark discrimination problem
Landmark discrimination problem refers to the behavioral task used in Ungerleider and Mishkin’s experiment in which they provided evidence for the dorsal, or where, visual processing stream. Monkeys were required to respond to a previously indicated location.
Related Articles | |
| Object discrimination problem at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■■■■■■ |
Object discrimination problem refers to the behavioral task used in Ungerleider and Mishkin’s experiment . . . Read More | |
| Dorsal stream at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Dorsal stream is defined as the visual path in the parietal cortex which is sometimes known as the "where" . . . Read More | |
| Behavioral strategy at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Behavioral strategy refers to the strategy of defining human problems as behavioral problems. Behavioral . . . Read More | |
| Dorsal at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Dorsal means located toward the back, away from the ventral (stomach) sidetoward the back. The top of . . . Read More | |
| Distractor at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Distractor is defined as a wrong choice in a selection test item. Moreover, Distractors are the alternatives . . . Read More | |
| Descent with modification at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Descent with modification refers to the principle of evolution according to which current characteristics . . . Read More | |
| Karl Spencer Lashley (1890–1958) at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Karl Spencer Lashley (1890–1958) : Karl Lashley is the American neuropsychologist who was one of the . . . Read More | |
| Single Subject Experiment at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Single Subject Experiment, in the context of psychology, refers to a research design that focuses on . . . Read More | |
| Neuropsychological testing at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Neuropsychological testing refers to the Assessment of brain and nervous System functioning by testing . . . Read More | |
| Behavioral tasks at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Behavioral tasks means helping bereaved persons by assisting with efforts to mark or take notice of a . . . Read More | |