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cognitive remediation

an intervention to improve neuropsychological function, such as in attention or memory, that has been impaired due to traumatic brain injury, stroke, severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia), or other conditions. See cognitive rehabilitation.

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self-organizing system

self-organizing system

any system whose elements spontaneously interact in such a way as to create a higher level structure as a result of their intrinsic properties. Many biological molecules show spontaneous self-organization, but purely physical systems do so as well, as in phase changes in water at different temperatures.