mental activity
51cerebration — Activity of the mental processes; thinking. SEE ALSO: mentation, cognition. * * * n. 1. the functioning of the brain as a whole. 2. the unconscious activities of the brain. * * * cer·e·bra·tion (ser″ə braґshən) [L. cerebratio]… …
52dream — Mental activity during sleep in which events, thought, emotions, and images are experienced as real. anxiety d. a d. (or nightmare) in which morbid fear and anxiety form an important part. wet d. a true …
53dereism — Mental activity in fantasy in contrast to reality. [L. de, away, + res, thing] * * * de·re·ism dē rē .iz əm, dā rā ; dē rē iz əm, dā rā n thinking directed away from reality and not following ordinary rules of logic de·re·is·tic .dē (.)rē is tik …
54Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …
55education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
56Augustine — Gerard O’Daly 1 LIFE AND PHILOSOPHICAL READINGS Augustine was born in Thagaste (modern Souk Ahras in Algeria) in Roman North Africa in AD 354. He died as bishop of Hippo (now Annaba, Algeria) in 430. His education followed the standard Roman… …
57Mind — For other uses, see Mind (disambiguation). The concept of mind (  /ˈmaɪ …
58Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …
59Motor imagery — is a mental process by which an individual rehearses or simulates a given action. It is widely used in sport training (AKA, Mental Practice of Action), neurological rehabilitation, and has also been employed as a research paradigm in cognitive… …
60Dream — For other uses, see Dream (disambiguation). The Knight s Dream , 1655, by Antonio de Pereda Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep …
