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1Irrelevant speech effect — articleissues citations missing = October 2008 refimprove = October 2008 expand = October 2008 tooshort = October 2008The irrelevant speech effect refers to the degradation of serial recall when speech sounds are presented, even if the list items …
2Extraterrestrial hypothesis — [ 200px|thumb|Right|Amateur photographs from Sheffield, England, 4 March 1962 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 20 October 1960. Taken from a 1997 CIA training manual. [Haines, Gerald K, [https://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/97unclass/ufo.html A Die Hard Issue …
3Perceptual noise exclusion hypothesis — The concept of a perceptual noise exclusion deficit is an emerging hypothesis as to the origins and nature of dyslexia. It is supported by research showing that dyslexic adults and children experience difficulty in targeting visual information in …
4Independence of irrelevant alternatives — (IIA) is an axiom of decision theory and various social sciences. The word is used in different meanings in different contexts. Although they all attempt to provide a rational account of individual behavior or aggregation of individual… …
5Sexy son hypothesis — The sexy son hypothesis is a concept from evolutionary biology, proposed by P. J. Weatherhead and R. J. Robertson in 1979. [ Weatherhead, P. J., and R. J. Robertson. 1979. Offspring quality and the polygyny threshold: The sexy son hypothesis .… …
6Expected utility hypothesis — In economics, game theory, and decision theory the expected utility hypothesis is a theory of utility in which betting preferences of people with regard to uncertain outcomes (gambles) are represented by a function of the payouts (whether in… …
7physical science, principles of — Introduction the procedures and concepts employed by those who study the inorganic world. physical science, like all the natural sciences, is concerned with describing and relating to one another those experiences of the surrounding… …
8biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
9Working memory — (also referred to as short term memory, depending on the specific theory) is a theoretical construct within cognitive psychology that refers to the structures and processes used for temporarily storing and manipulating information. There are… …
10Origin of language — The origin of language is the emergence of language in the human species. This is a highly controversial topic, empirical evidence being so limited that many regard it as unsuitable for serious scholars. In 1866, the Linguistic Society of Paris… …
