different between schizophrenic vs hypofrontality
schizophrenic
English
Etymology
From schizophrenia +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk?ts??f??n?k/
- Rhymes: -?n?k
Adjective
schizophrenic (comparative more schizophrenic, superlative most schizophrenic)
- Of or relating to schizophrenia.
- (of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
- (colloquial, offensive) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
- 2012, Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman, Hahn and Economic Methodology
- The neoclassical synthesis was a schizophrenic approach to economics – a way of subscribing to both Keynesian and classical analysis.
- 2012, Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman, Hahn and Economic Methodology
Usage notes
- The colloquial use of this word (equating the condition with having multiple personalities) is discouraged by some to avoid stigmatization and misunderstanding of the disorder.
Related terms
- schizo
- nonschizophrenic
Translations
Noun
schizophrenic (plural schizophrenics)
- A person suffering from schizophrenia.
Translations
schizophrenic From the web:
- what schizophrenia
- what schizophrenic mean
- what schizophrenics see
- what schizophrenics hear
- what schizophrenia is like
- what schizophrenia looks like
- what schizophrenia sounds like
- what schizophrenia mean
hypofrontality
English
Noun
hypofrontality (uncountable)
- reduced activation in the frontal (and especially prefrontal) cortex; One of the common neurological correlates for schizophrenics and schizoid.
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References
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hypofrontality From the web:
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- what causes transient hypofrontality
- what is the hypofrontality hypothesis of schizophrenia
- how does addiction affect the brain
- what does addiction do to your brain
- what is addiction in the brain
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