All memos tagged #notecard

A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship. Lichens have different properties from those of...

Aftercare refers specifically to the attention given to a partner at the end of a scene. Aftercare often includes one partner utilizing various pampering techniques on the other in an effort to provid...

A scene is often compared to a story or a play because it often represents a sort of creative expression for the participants. A power exchange between a dominant and submissive partner is common a fe...

Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.

An amalgam is a mixture of different elements.

Biomimetics, or biomimicry, is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems.[1] The terms "biomimetics" and "biomimicry" derive from A...

doula a person trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a mother before, during, and just after childbirth,

Cooperation, not competition, is the primary basis of life and the primary engine of evolution.

Panarchy, coined by Paul Émile de Puydt in 1860, is a form of governance that would encompass all others.[1] The Oxford English Dictionary lists the noun as "chiefly poetic" with the meaning "a univer...

Tsundoku (Japanese: 積ん読) is acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them.[1][2][3] The term originated in the Meiji era (1868–1912) as Japanese slang.[4] It ...

In philosophy and certain models of psychology, qualia; singular form: quale) are defined as individual instances of subjective, conscious experience. The term qualia derives from the Latin neuter plu...

The Zeigarnik effect, a principle of #psychology, states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. In Gestalt Psychology, the Zeigarnik effect has been used to...