Glossary A

Active schemas refers to cognitive schemas occurring in everyday events;

Active touch refers to a kind of touch in which the observer plays an active role in touching and exploring an object, usually with his or her hands.

Active transport is the protein-mediated process that expends energy to pump chemicals from the blood into the brain

Active voice refers to a sentence in which the surface structure subject is also the deep structure or logical subject of the sentence, such as when a mother scolded her child.

Active-span tasks refer to tasks in which research participants are asked to remember materials while simultaneously working on some other task; such tasks are an effective means of measuring working memory 's capacity.

Activities of daily living (ADLs) refers to self-help tasks such as bathing, dressing, and using the toilet.

- Activities of daily living (ADLs) : Activities of daily living refer to the basic self -care tasks self-care tasks or basic personal activities such as eating, bathing, dressing, mobility, using the toilet and transferring fro