Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Finding the best way to accomplish a task by analyzing the movements necessary to perform the task.  

A sensation induced by repetitive motion and characterized by nausea and light-headedness. Illness and nausea felt when travelling. It is caused by the movement of liquid inside the labyrinth of the middle ear and is particularly noticeable in vehicles which are closed, such as planes, coaches or hovercraft. Condition characterized by headache, nausea, vomiting, and…

A visual cue to depth created when images of distant objects are displaced less than the images of near objects when the object themselves or the observer moves.  

The speech pattern that adults use (esp. mothers) when talking to infants.  

The presence of different chromosome numbers in different body cells. In humans, some contain 46 chromosomes, while others contain 47 chromosomes. Condition in which an organism contains two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup. An anomaly of chromosome division resulting in two or more types of cells containing different numbers of chromosomes;…

A fertilized egg in which a high degree of development has already occurred at the time of fertilization.  

A round mass of cells that develops from the original fertilized egg within a few days after fertilization. An early stage in the development of an embryo, where the cleayage of the ovum creates a mass of cells. Stage in human embryonic development between the zygote and the blastocyst, consisting of a solid spherical mass…

The number of deaths per year, shown per hundred thousand of population. Death rate; number of deaths per unit of population (e.g., per 100,10,000, or 1,000,000) in a specific region, age group, or other group. A statistic that measures the frequency at which death occurs in a population within a given time. The mortality rate…

Those rules of grammar that deal with the combination of morphemes into words.  

An outdated term used to describe dependency on the use of morphine. Morbid condition due to habitual or excessive use of morphine.