organic paralysis

loss of function of voluntary muscles due to structural lesions of the nervous or muscular system. Compare conversion paralysis.

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Psychology term of the day

January 27th 2025

right brain

the right cerebral hemisphere of the brain. The term is sometimes used to designate functions or cognitive style supposedly mediated by the right (rather than by the left) hemisphere, such as creative thinking. Compare left brain. See also hemispheric lateralization.