Glossary M

Glossary M

Materialism refers to a theory that brain behavior functions are produced by matter in motion, favoring a mechanistic view of the brain as a machine; a view that everything that exists is material, or physical

Materialists refer to people who believe that everything in the universe is material/physical which include those things that others refer to as mental.

Materiality refers to the significance and importance of evidence to the outcome of the case

Materials subsection in the Research report is the portion of the method section that describes any questionnaires used in the st

Maternal Deprivation hypothesis refers to the notion that socially deprived infants develop abnormally because they have failed to establish attachments to a primary caregiver

Maternal immune hypothesis refers to the Theory of Sexual orientation that proposes that the fraternal birth Order effect of gay brothers reflects the progressive immunization of some mother

Maternal influences refer to the aggregate of all psychological effects mothers have on their children.

Maternal-serum Alpha-fetoprotein screening (MSAFP) refers to a blood test used during early pregnancy to determine neural tube defects such as spina bifida or anencephaly.