right–left disorientation

a disorder characterized by general difficulty in distinguishing between the right and left sides or right and left directions. It has been linked to aphasia and other disorders of comprehension but also occurs in their absence. Although thought to be related to disorders of the left parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex, right–left disorientation also occurs to a mild degree in otherwise healthy adults.

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February 25th 2025

Yerkes–Dodson law

a law stating that the relation between motivation (arousal) and performance can be represented by an inverted U-curve (see inverted-U hypothesis). [Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson(1879–1955), U.S. psychologists]