Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A group of personality traits including lack of empathy, manipulativeness, and remorselessness. These traits are considered to be indicators of conduct disorder in childhood and adolescence and are uniquely characteristic of antisocial personality disorder in adults.  

To the corpus callosum and marginal gyrus; marking the sulcus between them.  

The common blowfly, whose larvae sometimes infest human wounds, a condition known as myiasis.  

A communications center in an organization that manages incoming and outgoing telephone calls with customers and clients. In health care the center may help to manage appointments and messages or may provide patients with information about illnesses, health care resources, services provided, wellness, or disease self-management.  

A chemical element prepared by bombardment of curium with alpha particles; atomic mass weight 251, atomic number 98. It has properties similar to dysprosium.  

A neuropsychiatric test to measure the ability to remember heard words and the categories in which they belong. The subject listens to 16 items (four items in each of four categories) and then repeats as many of those items as he or she can recall. The subject is assessed on the number of terms retained…

A genus of the family Caliciviridae that causes epidemic viral gastroenteritis in adults and children. Genera are classed in accordance with the geographic areas in which they have been identified. Belonging to the viral family Caliciviridae, there exists a particular member that encompasses noroviruses.  

A vims family that was previously classed as a genus in the family of picornaviruses.  

Dilatation of the renal calyx.  

A procedure in which the mechanical functioning or electrical circuitry of a device is brought into alignment with a known standard.