integrative function
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function
noun
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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The death ritual, then, may have had an importantintegrativefunction, providing a framework for community cohesion.
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The essential feature of the dissociative disorders has been identified as a disturbance or alteration in the normally integrative functions of identity, memory, or consciousness.
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The death ritual, then, may have had an importantintegrativefunction, providing a framework for community cohesion.
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Understanding theintegrativefunctionof an organ requires the modelling of biological processes at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
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The minimally conscious brain, in contrast, is more organized, suggesting a potentiality for even higherintegrativefunction.
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Why does it have to be language, and not, for example, visual imagery that serves theintegrativefunction?
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Thus, receptor diversity seems to be a distinguishing feature of horizontal cells, perhaps in keeping with theirintegrativefunctionin the distal retina.
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It should be noted here that theintegrativefunctiononly occurs to a point beyond which the subject can differentiate them as two opposing stimuli.
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These theories ofintegrativefunctionpresent solutions to two classic problems associated with consciousness: differentiation and unity.
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In this view, the right hemisphere is responsible for more integrative functions and the left hemisphere for more segregated functions.
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Perhaps even more important were the integrative functions performed by the societies, both across space and across social boundaries.
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It might be possible to claim that such conceptual mappings begin initially with the integrative functions of language.
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To date, while much attention has been paid to integrative functions in perception, the topic of connections between aspects of consciousness has been addressed primarily by phenomenological philosophers.
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He is considered one of the founders of computational neuroscience, and was a pioneer in establishing the integrative functions of neuronal dendrites.
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This system contains many subcortical sites that have integrative functions.
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