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amnesia
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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am·ne·sia
/ amˈnēzhə/
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n.
a partial or total loss of memory.
DERIVATIVES:
am·ne·si·ac
/ amˈnēzēˌak; -zhēˌak/ n. & adj.
am·ne·sic
/ -zik; -sik/ adj. & n.am·nes·tic
/ amˈnestik/ adj.
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POSTHYPNOTIC AMNESIA AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY IN ADOLESCENTS
Magazine article from: Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...during which a suggestion of posthypnotic amnesia was given, with the purpose of assessing...and of investigating if hypnosis-induced amnesia shares the same characteristics as functional amnesia. Statistical analysis confirmed the results...
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Does feigning amnesia impair subsequent recall?
Magazine article from: Memory & Cognition; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...accused of serious crimes sometimes feign amnesia to evade criminal responsibility. Previous research has suggested that feigning amnesia might impair subsequent recall. In two...the story, participants who had feigned amnesia recalled less than did participants who...
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Medial Temporal Lobe Amnesia: A Case Study for Nursing.
Magazine article from: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...because few nursing case studies of amnesia involving patients with left medial...memory and reviews the research on amnesia that led to their discovery. Finally, a case study of a patient with amnesia demonstrates how nurses can use these...
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Amnesia Wins Interactive Agency of the Year.
Business Wire; 2/26/2007; 700+ words
; ...announced its recently acquired company, Amnesia, was named the interactive agency of...a circulation of more than 60,000. Amnesia received the honor this month in Sydney...interactive award. For Network of the Year, Amnesia made the final four out of 80 agencies...
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AVENUE A / RAZORFISH ACQUIRES AMNESIA DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 7/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...today announced the acquisition of Amnesia, a full-service, digital agency based in Australia. Amnesia will retain its brand identity and existing...a subsidiary of Avenue A / Razorfish. Amnesia joins the Avenue A / Razorfish digital...
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Avenue A / Razorfish Acquires Amnesia Digital Marketing Agency Based in Australia.
Business Wire; 7/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...today announced the acquisition of Amnesia, a full-service, digital agency based in Australia. Amnesia will retain its brand identity and existing...a subsidiary of Avenue A / Razorfish. Amnesia joins the Avenue A / Razorfish digital...
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After amnesia, brain lesions appear.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 7/14/2004; 700+ words
; ...new insights into a mysterious type of amnesia, according to a study that showed lesions...days after an episode of transient global amnesia. Using diffusion weighted imaging, a...patients within hours of the onset of amnesia. In a new approach, the patients underwent...
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AMNESIA AFTER SEX: WHO ARE YOU, HONEY?
News Wire article from: United Press International; 11/5/1998; 700+ words
; ...United Press International 11-05-1998 Amnesia after sex: Who are you, Honey? UPI...Sexual intercourse can cause temporary amnesia in men and women, according to a new...colleague Dr. Lawrence Gardner, said the amnesia was caused by ``bearing down hard...
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CORNERS OF THEIR MINDS AMNESIA VICTIMS FACE AN ONGOING STRUGGLE.(L.A. Life)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/2/2001; 700+ words
; ...Staff Writer When it comes to on-screen amnesia, Hollywood often finds it easier to be...the funnier the better. And if the amnesia sufferer also happens to be a detective...interesting warning about post- traumatic amnesia,'' says Constance Miller, managing...
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Review: Matt Ward's CD, "End of Amnesia"...
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 7/16/2001; ; 592 words
; ...00-00-0000 Review: Matt Ward's CD, End of Amnesia Host: ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 8:00-9:00 PM ROBERT...that reminds me of it. (Soundbite from End of Amnesia ) BERRY: End of Amnesia, the new CD by Matt Ward, is the antidote to commercial...
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Amnesia
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Amnesia Types of Amnesia What Causes Amnesia? Resources Amnesia (am-NEE-zha) is loss of memory. KEYWORDS for searching the Internet and other reference sources Brain injury Concussion Memory loss What would it be like to wake up one morning...
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Dissociative amnesia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Dissociative amnesia Definition Dissociative amnesia is classified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...unacceptable knowledge, information, or feelings. In dissociative amnesia, the continuity of the patient's memory is disrupted...
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Infantile Amnesia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
INFANTILE AMNESIA Infantile amnesia results from the repression...especially hysterical) amnesias and repressions. It...impressions falling under this amnesia constitute the reference...and model for later amnesias in the adult, helped...
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Lifting of Amnesia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
LIFTING OF AMNESIA The lifting of amnesia involves the return of forgotten memories, and results especially...from psychotherapy with hysterics. The notion of the lifting of amnesia, more phenomenological than metapsychological, led to the thought...
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amnesia
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
amnesia We forget almost everything that we have, at some time, briefly remembered...illness, an incapacitating inability to remember things, which is called amnesia. Amnesia occurs in many situations — after head injuries, in Alzheimer...
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