56. Brain
See also 14. ANATOMY ; 51. BODY, HUMAN ; 196. HEAD .
- biofeedback
- the process of providing a person with visual or auditory evidence of the quality of an autonomie physiological function so that he may attempt to exercise conscious control over it.
- cerebrology
- 1. Obsolete, the branch of psychology that studies the brain.
- 2. Medicine. the total knowledge concerning the brain.
- craniotomy
- the surgical operation of opening the skull, as for an operation on the brain.
- cybernetics
- the comparative study of complex electronic devices and the nervous system in an attempt to understand better the nature of the human brain. — cyberneticist , n. — cybernetic , adj.
- encephalitis
- an inflamed condition of the brain.
- heterotopy, heterotopia, heterotopism
- a condition in which normal tissue is misplaced, especially in the brain, so that masses of gray matter are found in the white matter. See also 44. BIOLOGY .. — heterotopous , adj.
- lobotomy
- surgical severing of certain nerve fibers in the frontal lobe of the brain, once commonly performed to treat intractable depression. Also called prefrontal lobotomy .
- menticide
- the process of systematically altering beliefs and attitudes, especially through the use of drugs, torture, or psychological stress techniques; brainwashing.
- phrenomagnetism
- brain stimulation by hypnosis or magnetism.
- prosencephalon
- the forebrain. — prosencephalies , adj.
- psychokinesis
- a form of extreme or violent cerebral activity caused by defective inhibition. — psychokinetic , adj.
- psychosurgery
- the use of brain surgery to treat mental disorders. — psychosurgeon , n.
- sensorium
- the sensory apparatus of the body as a whole; the seat of physical sensation, imagined to be in the gray matter of the brain.
- synectics
- a procedure for the stating and solving of problems based upon creative thinking in figurative terms by a small, carefully chosen, and diversely specialized group.
- telencephalon
- the anterior section of the forebrain, containing the cerebrum and related structures. — telencephalic , adj.
- telergy
- the influence one brain is thought to exercise over another, from a distance, by means of some hypothetical mental energy.
- topectomy
- surgical excision of part of the cerebral cortex, as to provide relief for pain or treat certain mental disorders.
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