Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Tension-type headache
The most common type of headache, characterized by head pain that often has corollary pain in the neck, back, or other related muscle areas. A throbbing sensation that imparts a sense of weight on the cranium; a prevalent variety of head discomfort.
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Tend-and-befriend
Taylor’s theory that biobehavioral mechanisms influenced by oxytocin influence women toward engaging in affiliative behaviors when under stress.
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Temporomandibular pain and dysfunction syndrome
A syndrome characterized by myofascial pain, particularly in the temporomandibular joint and the muscles involved in chewing.
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Technostress
The pressure to adapt to serious and fundamental changes in job roles that are driven by new technology; may also relate to general difficulty adapting to new technology.
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T-cytotoxic cell
Also known as CD8 cells; lymphocytic cells that are components of the adaptive immune system that specialize in lysing unwanted cells, especially the body’s own cells that are infected with virus or otherwise compromised to become tumor or cancer cells.
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Systemic autoimmune disorders
Disorders characterized by the immune system broadly attacking the body’s own cells and tissues.
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Sympathetic branch
The branch of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for the fight-or-flight response and supports the energy mobilization and expenditure state.
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Sympathetic-adrenal-medulla axis
A primary system of the fight-or-flight response that involves the hypothalamus commanding the sympathetic nervous system to stimulate the adrenal medulla to secrete the catecholamines epinephrine and norepinephrine.
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Subjective well-being
Represents the concept that happiness is determined by one’s appraisal of life satisfaction and positive feelings.
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Subjective units of distress
A self-report measure used in systematic desensitization that indicates the amount of fear and distress the phobic image elicits.
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