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animal consciousness

animal consciousness  

Consciousness has periodically been a pressing issue in the scientific study of non‐human animals, and we are currently in one of these periods. As with humans, discussions of consciousness in ...
dramatic irony

dramatic irony  

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Literature
A dramatic effect in which the audience for a drama (in any medium) or the reader of a novel has information that characters lack that enables the audience or reader to understand the implications of ...
Einfühlung

Einfühlung  

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Philosophy
(German, empathy)In Husserl, a primary mode of awareness of the experience of other people.
empathogen

empathogen  

Any drug such as ecstasy (2) or GHB that induces a feeling of empathy and benevolence towards others. See also entactogen, sociabilizer. [From empathy + Greek genein to produce]
identification

identification  

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(I-den-ti-fi-kay-shŏn)(in psychological development) the process of adopting other people's characteristics more or less permanently. Identification with a parent is important in personality ...
mirror neuron

mirror neuron  

A neuron that is activated when a person performs a certain action or has a certain experience and also when the person observes someone else performing the same action or having the same experience. ...
pathos

pathos  

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Linguistics
[pay-thoss]The emotionally moving quality or power of a literary work or of particular passages within it, appealing especially to our feelings of sorrow, pity, and compassionate sympathy. Adjective: ...
phantom limb

phantom limb  

An illusory sensation, experienced by an amputee, of the limb still being attached to the body, even when all sensory nerve fibres associated with the limb have been removed. It is experienced by ...
qualitative research

qualitative research  

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Gathers information that might aim to understand the reasons why a behaviour occurs. Qualitative research uses methods such as observation, in-depth interviewing, and focus groups. Compare ...
receiver skills

receiver skills  

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The abilities of individuals to interpret verbal and nonverbal communication (involving listening, reading, and/or viewing). These range from simple comprehension to empathy, and include the ability ...
sympathy

sympathy  

The ability to share in another person's feelings and concerns, with the accompanying delight in their joys and grief at their sorrows. Sympathy is supposed by Hume to be the basis of a more ...
theory of mind

theory of mind  

People's intuitive understanding of their own and other people's minds or mental states, including beliefs and thoughts. It develops by degrees from a very early age in humans: by the age of 3 years ...

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