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Definition of Minimal brain dysfunction

1. Noun. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.

Medical Definition of Minimal brain dysfunction

1. An inability to control behaviour due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minimal Brain Dysfunction

Literary usage of Minimal brain dysfunction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: State of the Science, Best Practicesby Peter S. Jensen, James R. Cooper by Peter S. Jensen, James R. Cooper (2002)
"An epidemiological investigation of minimal brain dysfunction in six elementary schools in Beijing. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 26, 777—788. ..."

2. Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... are used medically to treat hyperactivity, minimal brain dysfunction, narcolepsy, or (rarely) depression. HALLUCINOGENS Hallucinogens, or psychedelics, ..."

3. The Science, Treatment, and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviorsby Diana H. Fishbein by Diana H. Fishbein (2004)
"minimal brain dysfunction in children. Monograph No. 3, National Institute of Neurology and Blindness. Washington, DC: US Department of Health, Education, ..."

4. Understanding the Brain: Towards a New Learning Science by OECD Staff (2002)
"... in sustaining attention, impulsive behaviour (as in speaking out of turn), and often by hyperactivity - also referred to as minimal brain dysfunction. ..."

5. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"to the attention disorder (and minimal brain dysfunction) seen in human children. Testing the tactile-kinesthetic system of rats (40) was suggested by human ..."

6. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"Wood, DR; Wender, PH; and Reimherr, FW The prevalence of attention deficit disorder, residual type, or minimal brain dysfunction in a population of male ..."

7. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"Wender, PM; Reimherr, FW; and Wood, DR Attention deficit disorder (minimal brain dysfunction) in adults. Arch Gen Psychiatry 38(4):449-456, 1981. ..."

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