Glossary B

Glossary B

Binges refers to he ingestion of large amounts of food during a short period of time, even after reaching a point of feeling full, and a lack of control over what or how much is eaten.

Binocular depth cell refers to a neuron in the visual cortex that responds best to stimuli that fall on points separated by a Glossary 409 specific degree of disparity on the two retinas. Binocular depth cell also called a Disparity-selective cell.

Binocular depth cues refers to perceptual features that impart information about distance and three-dimensional space which require two (2) eyes.

Binocular disparity somethings which occurs when the retinal images of an object fall on disparate points on the two (2) retinas.

Binocular input means stimulation from both eyes

Binocular rivalry refers to alternating perception of what the left eye sees with what the right eye sees when the two (2) are incompatible. Binocular rivalry is a situation in which two (2) different images are presented simultaneously to the left and right eyes and perception alternates back and forth between the two (2) images.

Binuclear family it is when children are part of two (2) family homes and two (2) family groups.

Bioavailability refers to the portion of the original drug dose that reaches its site of action or that reaches a fluid in the body that gives it access to its site of action