Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The difference in the functioning between the right and the left hemispheres of the brain.  

The period in which the virion becomes part of the host’s cell’s DNA.  

A period of a disease in which there are no signs or symptoms of the disease.  

Learning that occurs without manifestation of any performance. Learning that is inapparent to the individual at the time it occurs, only to become evident later.  

A person with hidden homosexual impulses.  

In sociology, the results or consequences neither expected nor intended by participants in a social system.    

The wish fulfillment during dreams that represents the person’s hidden desires, Freud’s theory of dreams.  

Refers to a period in syphilitic infection when all symptoms disappear. It may last as long as 30 years. However, during this time, the disease is invading muscles and nerve tissues.  

In psychoanalytic psychology, a stage in psychosexual development in which sexuality lies essentially dormant from ages 5 to 12. The time from the stimulus to the response of the tissue stimulated.  

Tending to stimulate lustful urges.