Glossary P

Deutsch: Parkinson / Español: Parkinson / Português: Parkinson / Français: Parkinson / Italiano: Parkinson

Parkinson is a degenerative brain disorder principally affecting motor performance (for example, tremors and stooped posture) associated with reduction in dopamine. Dementia may be a result as well.

In the context of psychology, Parkinson's disease refers to a neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects motor function due to the loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain. However, it also has significant psychological and cognitive components that can impact a patient's quality of life and mental health.

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Parkinson’s disease refers to degenerative brain disorder principally affecting motor performance, such as tremors and stooped posture which is associated with reduction in Dopamine. Dementia may be a result as well.

Parkinson’s law is a law which states that a task will expand to fill the time available for its completion.

Parkinsonism refers to a behavioral syndrome marked by motor symptoms including tremor, rigidity, and slowness of movement.

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Parmenides who was born ca. 515 B.C. believed that the world was solid, fixed, and motionless and therefore that all apparent change or motion was an illusion.

Parole refers to a supervised conditional release of a convicted prisoner before expiration of the sentence of imprisonment.

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Parsimony refers to a criterion for evaluating the scientific merit of theories; a Parsimonious theory is one that uses relatively few explanatory principles to explain a broad set of observations. Parsimony also means using the smallest number of statements in a theory

Parsing refers to the process of assigning words into grammatical categories.

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