clinical neuroscience

an emerging field in which basic neuroscience data and the scientific method are coupled to such fields as clinical psychology, psychiatry, and neurology in order to better understand the neural underpinnings of mental and nervous system disorders and to improve their diagnosis and treatment.

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Psychology term of the day

November 22nd 2024

population variance

(symbol: σ²) the square of the population standard deviation. It is a measure reflecting the spread (dispersion) of scores in a complete population of interest (e.g., the test scores of all students at a school).