descriptive norm

any of various consensual standards (social norms) that describe how people typically act, feel, and think in a given situation. These standards delineate how most people actually do behave, whereas injunctive norms prescribe how they should behave.

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February 1st 2025

Wernicke–Geschwind model

an early theory of speech that integrated the roles of the receptive language cortex (Wernicke’s area) and the language production cortex (Broca’s area). Also called Wernicke’s theory. [first suggested in 1874 by Karl Wernicke (1848–1905), German neurologist; revived and then extended by Norman Geschwind (1926–1984), U.S. neuroscientist]