Glass, in flat pieces, such as might be employed for windows, has been found in the ruins of Roman houses, both in England and in Italy, and in the house of the faun at Pompeii a small pane in a bronze frame remains.
labile affect that characterized by rapid changes in emotion unrelated to external events or stimuli. restricted affect reduction in the intensity of affect, to a somewhat lesser degree than is characteristic of blunted affect. (af'fekt), Do not confuse this word with effect.lunted affect severe reduction in the intensity of affect; a common symptom of schizophrenic disorders. constricted affect restricted affect.
In neuroscience and psychophysics, an absolute threshold was originally defined as the lowest level of a stimulus â light, sound, touch, etc. â that an organism could detect. Under the influence of signal detection theory, absolute threshold has been redefined as the level at which a stimulus will be detected a specified percentage of the time. The absolute threshold can be influenced by several different factors, such as the subject's motivations and expectations, cognitive processes ...