The phrase "a basic deficit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a fundamental lack or shortfall in a particular area, such as skills, resources, or knowledge.
Example: "The study revealed a basic deficit in the students' understanding of mathematical concepts."
Alternatives: "a fundamental shortfall" or "a primary lack".
The evidence is mixed regarding whether patients with schizophrenia have a general facial emotion perception deficit (a deficit in facial emotion perception plus a more basic deficit in facial processing) or specific facial emotion perception deficits (deficits only in facial emotion perception tasks).
It has been argued that the basic deficit in the amnesic state is a loss of learning ability.
This basic deficit of psychotic neural network architecture may be a correlate of loosening of associations, promoting positive symptoms.
Even so, says the city treasurer, this would reduce the basic deficit only by half.In this section The angry farmers Bad news for the president Empty coffers Kuchma's country Please slow down Europe's crowned heads ReprintsThe state of the German economy is one reason for the drying up of the trade tax.
It may be that a range of more basic deficits is expressed in broadly similar behavioral phenotypes, within which certain features (for example, early prominent neuropsychiatric symptoms) may give a more-specific clue to the key pathophysiologic mechanism at work with particular mutations.
In contrast, monkeys with dopamine depletion were insensitive to conditioned reinforcers and displayed persistent responding in the absence of reward in extinction, a pattern of deficits that may reflect basic deficits in the associative processing of reward.
Several theories concerning the basic deficits in schizophrenia exist.
Regarding the developmental model, it can be assumed that along the life span, basic deficits regarding neurotransmitter regulation persist for all age groups comparably.
Here is a basic truth about the deficit: In the long run, it cannot be fixed, without reining in spending on Medicare and Medicaid.
The puzzle is why countries' net foreign investment is such a small part of overall investment.The explanation begins with a basic principle: current-account deficits must, sooner or later, be followed by current-account surpluses.
