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IASPInternational Association for the Study of Pain. | |
iatrogenicAn effect that arises as an unwanted consequence of a medical intervention | |
ICD-10International Classification of Diseases (10th edition). | |
ICSSIntracranial self-stimulation. Pressing a lever in a Skinner box to deliver electric shocks to the brain via implanted electrodes. | |
idealismThe philosophy that the mind (and spirit) is fundamental to the world and cannot be reduced to a product of the brain. | |
identity theoryThe idea that brain events and mind events are two different languages for describing the same reality, i.e. mind events do not have an existence apart from brain events. | |
idiometricConcerned with the measurement and analysis of individual differences. | |
implicit memoryMemory that is revealed when performance on a task is facilitated without conscious recollection (such as when naming an object). | |
incentiveA measure of the external contribution to a motivation as a result of the intrinsic properties of an object, e.g. a food. | |
incidenceThe number of new cases occurring per thousand of the population in any given period. | |