dissociative barriers

the psychological mechanisms that prevent individuals from fully remembering a traumatic event. The trauma is presumed to be implicated in the development of a dissociative disorder, and the barriers are theorized to serve a protective function, allowing the traumatized person to avoid knowledge of horrific life events.

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May 8th 2024

integrative agnosia

a form of visual agnosia in which individuals are able to perceive the elements of an object but find it difficult to combine them into a perceptual whole. Typically, symptoms of both apperceptive and associative agnosia are present. Individuals affected by this kind of agnosia can usually draw an object accurately but only through a laborious process.