The tendency of root tips to adhere to glass surfaces, believed to involve electric potentials.

(physiology) A special manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature, whereby in the event that blood pressure is increased in the arterioles and the vessels distend, they react with a sudden vasoconstriction caused by the activation of certain ion channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells.

plural of spillover effect

(economics) The phenomenon in which an economic event in one context occurs because of something else in a seemingly unrelated context.

A non-arbitrary mapping between speech sounds and the visual shape of objects.

The situation where performance gains in a task are seen in weaker individuals who are striving to keep up with the accomplishments of other group members.

The tendency to assume that computers behave analogously to human beings.

An increase in electric conduction induced by radio waves, exploited in the coherer.

A loss of interest in buying a product in a crowded store if one is inadvertently touched from behind by another shopper passing by.

The sudden recovery of a terminally ill patient when given appropriate treatment, especially for AIDS.