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Deutsch: Lamotrigin / Español: Lamotrigina / Português: Lamotrigina / Français: Lamotrigine / Italiano: Lamotrigina

Lamotrigine is a medication primarily used in psychology and psychiatry for the treatment of mood disorders, particularly bipolar disorder, and as an anticonvulsant for epilepsy. In the psychological context, it is valued for its mood-stabilising properties, especially in managing depressive episodes in bipolar disorder, as well as for its potential effects on emotional regulation.

Landmark discrimination problem refers to the behavioral task used in Ungerleider and Mishkin’s experiment in which they provided evidence for the dorsal, or where, visual processing stream. Monkeys were required to respond to a previously indicated location.

Landolt C refers to a way of measuring visual acuity, in which the gap of the C is varied and the observer determines when the gap is no longer visible.

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Language is a means to communicate messages, verbally or non-verbally.

Language about death refers to speech about topics like death, dying, and bereavement.

Language acquisition refers to the process by which a cognitive processor comes to develop linguistic competence and performance.
- Language acquisition device : Language Acquisition device refers to an innate knowledge of grammatical structure.

- Language acquisition support system : Language acquisition support system or LASS refers to the idea proposed by Bruner that adults and older children have learning devices that interact with children's Language acquisition devices (LAD ).