Eating disorders

Disorders characterised by problematic eating patterns, extreme concerns about body weight, and inappropriate behaviours aimed at controlling body weight

Eccentric

Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

A biomedical treatment that uses electrical shocks to treat severe depression

Electroencephalograph (EEG)

A device that records the overall electrical activity of the brain, via electrodes placed on the scalp

Electromyograph (EMG)

An instrument that records muscle activity

Electrooculograph (EOG)

An instrument that records eye movements

Emotional intelligence

An ability that helps people perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions

Endorphins

A group of neurotransmitters involved in pain relief, pleasure, and modulating the action of other neurotransmitters

Episodic memory

The remembering of personal facts

Euphoria

A feeling of great elation

Explicit attitudes

Conscious beliefs that can guide decisions and behaviour.

Explicit memory

Conscious, intentional remembering of information.

Exposure therapies

Therapies that aim to eliminate anxiety responses by having clients face real or imagined versions of feared stimuli

Extrovert

A person directed toward others as opposed to the self

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)

A type of exposure therapy in which clients move their eyes back and forth while recalling memories that are to be desensitised.