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Definition of Disinhibition
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Disinhibition
1. Inhibition of an inhibition; removal of an inhibitory effect by a stimulus, as when a conditioned reflex has undergone extinction but is restored by some extraneous stimulus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disinhibition
Literary usage of Disinhibition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan German Blazer (2006)
"Externality and Dietary disinhibition During the late 1960s results from a series
of experiments conducted by Schachter and colleagues [58-60] suggested ..."
2. Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"Recently, Duffy and Hall (1988) assessed smokers who differed in degree of eating
disinhibition, defined as eating that occurs in situations in which ..."
3. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"... using multimethod measurements to capture the multidimensional nature of
behavioral disinhibition and controlling for important sources of individual ..."
4. Critical Perspectives On Racial And Ethnic Differences In Health In Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"The disinhibition is in turn due to the rapid and rough perception of immediate
threat, which emerges from the integration of ongoing environmental ..."
5. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"... stable over time, and related to risk for behavioral disinhibition, especially
alcoholism, psychopathy, and criminality. Both of the cerebral measures, ..."
6. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... nicotine-induced seizures may involve a disinhibitory mechanism and that 3
alpha-OH-DHP protects against seizures by preventing disinhibition. 91-1260. ..."
7. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"Thrill/adventure-seeking and disinhibition-seeking begin to sharply decline in
one's early 20's and experience-seeking declines after age 30. ..."
8. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1994)
"Winick, C. Alcohol and disinhibition: Nature and meaning of the link. In: Room, R.
and Collins, G., eds. Proceedings of Conference. ..."
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