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  • 1psychomotor learning — Introduction       development of organized patterns of muscular activities guided by signals from the environment. Behavioral examples include driving a car and eye hand coordination tasks such as sewing, throwing a ball, typing, operating a… …

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  • 2Behavioral momentum — is a theory in Quantitative Analysis of Behavior and is a comparative metaphor based on physical momentum. It describes the general relation between resistance to change (persistence of behavior) and the rate of reinforcement obtained in a given… …

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  • 3Apollo Guidance Computer — and DSKY Invented by MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Manufacturer Raytheon Introduced August 1966 …

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  • 4Damping ratio — Classical mechanics Newton s Second Law History of classical mechanics  …

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  • 5drug use — Introduction       use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… …

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  • 6Research on meditation — Scenes of Inner Taksang, temple hall, built just above the cave where Padmasambhava meditated Research on the processes and effects of meditation is a growing subfield of neurological research.[1] …

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  • 7Health applications and clinical studies of meditation — The health applications and clinical studies of meditation are products of the field of interest within the medical community to study the physiological effects of meditation. [Venkatesh S, Raju TR, Shivani Y, Tompkins G, Meti BL. (1997) A study… …

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  • 8John Anthony Nevin — is Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of New Hampshire. He was born July 5, 1933, in New York City. In 1954, he obtained a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University, in 1961 an M.A. at Columbia University, then in 1963 a Ph.D …

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  • 9respiratory disease — ▪ human disease Introduction  any of the diseases and disorders that affect human respiration (respiration, human).  Diseases of the respiratory system may affect any of the structures and organs that have to do with breathing, including the… …

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  • 10Nitrogen narcosis — Inert gas narcosis [Nitrogen narcosis] Classification and external resources Divers breathe a mixture of oxygen, helium and nitrogen for deep dives to avoid the effects of narcosis. A cylinder label shows the maximum operating depth and mixture… …

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