A COMPULSION to expose oneself in public, either literally or metaphorically.

See AETIOLOGY.

A term used in FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY for the factors that influence the fullness and accuracy of eyewitness accounts of a given event.

An electrical discharge in the brain produced by the stimulation of a sense organ.

The study of the history, customs, myths, traditions and CULTURE of ethnic groups. Such groups may have in common the same GENE pool, nationality, religion, language or any permutation of these factors.

People looking each other in the eye. A form of BEHAVIOUR studied by social scientists as a way of understanding interpersonal distance and relationships in different social situations, both in our own CULTURE, and, comparatively, across cultures.

Doing something for reasons of reward or punishment external to the activity itself.

Always contrasted with INTRINSIC MOTIVATION.

See FUNCTIONAL AUTONOMY.

A machine for recording the continuous electrical activity of the brain, usually through electrodes attached to the scalp. This activity is recorded on paper as BRAIN WAVES of different FREQUENCY.

A MEMORY of personal significance which includes the circumstances in which a particular episode (event) occurred. Episodic memories can pertain to general or specific events, such as what it feels like to ride a train, or a specific event which occurred on a train.

Compare with SEMANTIC MEMORY.