Perception
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Youth smoking status: perceptions versus measurements.

30 Oct 2009 OBJEctive: To determine whether youths who have smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days perceive themselves as smokers. METHODS: Sensitivity and specificity for 3 classifications were analyzed and compared to youths' perceptions of smoking status. ... Read more...

Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino high school students. METHODS: Latino 9(th) graders (N = 1332) completed self-report measures of perceived discrimination and substance use behavior. RESULTS: Perceived ... Read more...

Anatomy and physiology of a set of low-frequency vibratory interneurons in a nonhearing ensiferan (Troglophilus neglectus, rhaphidophoridae).

18 Oct 2009 Vibratory interneurons were investigated in a primitive nonhearing ensiferan (orthopteran) species (Troglophilus neglectus, Rhaphidophoridae), using intracellular recording and staining technique. The study included 26 morphologically and/or ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Perception'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Risk interpretation, perception, and communication. 30 Oct 2009
• Youth smoking status: perceptions versus measurements. 30 Oct 2009
• Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents. 30 Oct 2009
• Anatomy and physiology of a set of low-frequency vibratory interneurons in a nonhearing ensiferan (Troglophilus neglectus, rhaphidophoridae). 18 Oct 2009
• Use of multiperspective qualitative interviews to understand patients' and carers' beliefs, experiences, and needs. 12 Oct 2009
• Learning sculpts the spontaneous activity of the resting human brain. 3 Oct 2009
• Stimulus-dependent correlations and population codes. 29 Sep 2009
• Emotion recognition in progressive supranuclear palsy. 29 Sep 2009
• Forecasting and perception of average and latest hours worked by on-call anesthesiologists. 29 Sep 2009
• Changes in rapid eye movement sleep associated with placebo-induced expectations and analgesia. 21 Sep 2009
• Does cognitive science need kernels? 31 Aug 2009
• Fruits and vegetables at home: child and parent perceptions. 30 Aug 2009
• Mothers' perception of excessive crying in infancy in south eastern Nigeria. 30 Aug 2009
• Factor structure of the Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale for studies of youths with externalizing behavior problems. 30 Aug 2009
• Would an increased proportion of male nurses benefit the profession? 30 Aug 2009
• Crossmodal processing. 30 Aug 2009
• Property transmission: an explanatory account of the role of similarity information in causal inference. 30 Aug 2009
• Embodied memory judgments: a case of motor fluency. 30 Aug 2009
• Acceptance of genitourinary medicine clinic appointments within 48 hours is influenced by patient perception of risk but not by symptoms. 30 Aug 2009
• Physicians' perception of the effects of Internet health information on the doctor-patient relationship. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Perception'

Definition: The process by which the nature and meaning of sensory stimuli are recognized and interpreted.

Descriptor UI: D010465

Alternative terms: Perception; Perceptions;

Related Mesh Headings: Sensation;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.593;

Technical Notes: general; prefer specifics