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• Memory disorder — Memory can be defined as an organism s ability to encode, retain, and recall information. Disorders of memory can range from mild to severe, yet are all a result of damage to neuroanatomical structures; either in part or in full. This damage… …   Wikipedia

• Memory and trauma — Memory is described by psychology as the ability of an organism to store, retain, and subsequently retrieve information. When an individual experiences a traumatic event, whether physically or psychologically traumatic, his or her memory can be… …   Wikipedia

• memory abnormality — Introduction       any of the disorders that affect the ability to remember.       Disorders of memory must have been known to the ancients and are mentioned in several early medical texts, but it was not until the closing decades of the 19th… …   Universalium

• Music-related memory — Musical memory refers to the ability to remember music related information, such as melodic content and other progressions of tones or pitches. The differences found between linguistic memory and musical memory have led researchers to theorize… …   Wikipedia

• Neuroanatomy of memory — Brain: Human The neuroanatomy of memory encompasses a wide variety of anatomical structures in the brain. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Mental Pathology —     Mental Pathology     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mental Pathology     This subject will be considered under the following headings:     I. Localization of Mental Faculties     II. Causes of Mental Disturbances     III. Varieties of Insanity… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Amnesia — An impairment or lack of memory. Amnesia after a trauma event can be either antegrade (lack of memory related to events occurring after the event) or retrograde (lack of memory related to events occurring before the event). * * * A disturbance in …   Medical dictionary

• Delirium —    Defined as acute brain failure, delirium means a reduced clarity of awareness of the environment caused by a medical condition or a substance. An important symptom of delirium* is loss of orientation: not really knowing where one is, what day… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• paramnesia — False recollection, as of events that have never occurred or partial forgetting of events that have occurred. [para + G. amnesia, forgetfulness] * * * par·am·ne·sia .par .am nē zhə, əm n a disorder of memory: as a) a condition in which the proper …   Medical dictionary

• culture-bound syndromes — refer to the recurrent patterns of illness experiences only found in the Chinese societies. Some of the symptoms of a culture bound syndrome may resemble symptoms of mental disorders found throughout the world, but there is seldom a one to one… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• Pellagra — A syndrome due to deficiency of niacin, one of the B complex vitamins. Pellagra was known as the disease of the four D s dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia and death. The disease is specifically characterized by: Dermatitis: A rash on areas of the… …   Medical dictionary