Glossary M
Glossary M
Menstrual synchrony refers to synchronized menstruation of women who live together. These women experience menstrual periods that begin at approximately the same time. There is evidence that the sense of smell is involved in determining this effect.
Mental chemistry refers to the process by which individual sensations can combine to form a new sensation that is different from any of the individual sensations that constitute it.
Mental chronometry refers to the measurement of the time required to perform various mental acts.
Mental combinations is a term in used in Piaget's theory, referring to the final substage of sensorimotor development, a transition between the action-oriented world of the infant and the symbol-oriented world of the child.
Mental essences is a term according to Husserl that refer to those universal, unchanging mental processes that characterize the mind and in terms of which we do commerce with the physical environment.