- selective amnesia
- loss of memory for a group of related events but not for other events occurring during the same period of time.
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selective amnesia
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selective amnesia — noun amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember why do politicians always develop selective amnesia when questioned about their transgressions? • Hypernyms: ↑amnesia, ↑memory loss, ↑blackout •… … Useful english dictionary
selective amnesia — /səlɛktɪv æmˈniʒə/ (say suhlektiv am neezhuh) noun 1. Psychology a disorder in which particular memories are retained while others are suppressed, often as a result of trauma. 2. (humorous) an apparent inability to remember something unpleasant… …
selective — [[t]sɪle̱ktɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n A selective process applies only to a few things or people. Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf. ...selective education. Derived words: selectively ADV… … English dictionary
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
amnesia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek amnēsia forgetfulness, alteration of amnēstia Date: 1618 1. loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness 2. a gap in one s memory 3. the … New Collegiate Dictionary
Selective memory loss — A form of amnesia, selective memory loss is a rare side effect of head injuries when the victim loses certain parts of his/her memory. Not much is known because this only results when certain areas of the head are traumatized. Common elements… … Wikipedia
posthypnotic amnesia — noun selective amnesia after being in a hypnotic state of events occurring during hypnosis or of information designated by the hypnotist • Hypernyms: ↑selective amnesia … Useful english dictionary
dissociative amnesia — [DSM IV] a dissociative disorder characterized by a sudden loss of memory for important personal information, usually circumscribed or selective amnesia, rarely generalized or continuous amnesia, and which is not due to the direct effects of a… … Medical dictionary
Psychogenic amnesia — Psychogenic amnesia/functional amnesia/dissociative amnesia Classification and external resources ICD 10 F44.0 ICD 9 300.1 … Wikipedia
Childhood amnesia — refers to adults inability to retrieve episodic memories before the age of 2 4 years, as well as the period before age 10 of which adults remember less memories than accounted for by the passage of time. [1] For the first 1 2 years of life, brain … Wikipedia
