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1Functional response — In ecology, functional response is a term used to describe the relationship between the density of prey in a certain area and the average number of prey consumed by each predator in that area. The concept was introduced by work on small mammals… …
2Functional magnetic resonance imaging — Functional MRI or functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is a type of specialized MRI scan. It measures the haemodynamic response related to neural activity in the brain or spinal cord of humans or other animals. It is one of the most… …
3Functional neuroimaging — is the use of neuroimaging technology to measure an aspect of brain function, often with a view to understanding the relationship between activity in certain brain areas and specific mental functions. It is primarily used as a research tool in… …
4Functional medicine — is personalized medicine that deals with primary prevention and underlying causes, instead of symptoms, for serious chronic disease. [Jones DS, ed. Textbook of Functional Medicine. Gig Harbor, WA: The Institute for Functional Medicine; 2005. ISBN …
5Functional hyperemia — Functional hyperemia, or active hyperemia, is the increased blood flow that occurs when tissue is active. When cells within the body are active in one way or another, they use more oxygen and fuel, such as glucose or fatty acids, than when they… …
6Functional Skills — are qualifications being developed by the UK Government as part of an initiative to improve the country s literacy, numeracy and ICT skills. It is seen as a spin off from the Basic Skills and Key Skills that are currently offered as an Adult… …
7Functional psychology — or functionalism refers to a general psychological approach that views mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to the person s environment [Gary R. VandenBos, ed., APA Dictionary of Psychology (2006). Washington, DC: American… …
8Response time — may mean:*Response time (technology), the time a generic system or functional unit takes to react to a given input *Responsiveness, how quickly an interactive system responds to user input *Round trip delay time, in telecommunications *Reaction… …
9Functional specialization (brain) — This article is about specialization of function among regions of the brain generally. For the particular topic of left right brain specialization, see Lateralization of brain function. Functional specialization suggests that different areas in… …
10Response Priming — Mit dem Begriff Response Priming bezeichnet man eine besondere Form des Priming in der Wahrnehmungspsychologie. Allgemein bestehen Priming Effekte darin, dass die Reaktion (engl. Response) auf einen Zielreiz (engl. Target) von der vorausgehenden… …
