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blank screen

in psychoanalysis, according to Sigmund Freud, the metaphorical backdrop onto which the patient projects feelings and fantasies during the transference process. The screen is the psychoanalyst, who must remain neutral (blank) to enable the patient to feel free to give voice to his or her innermost thoughts. Contemporary psychoanalysts no longer believe that the psychoanalyst can be a totally neutral blank screen.

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progressive bulbar palsy

progressive bulbar palsy

see bulbar paralysis.