state-dependent learning

learning that occurs in a particular biological or psychological state and is better recalled when the individual is subsequently in the same state. Recall may be diminished when the individual is in a different state. For example, a rat trained to run a maze while under the influence of a psychoactive drug (e.g., pentobarbital) may not run it as successfully without the drug. Also called dissociated learning. See also context-specific learning.

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December 26th 2024

thought insertion

a delusion in which the individual believes that thoughts have been irresistibly forced into his or her mind and ascribes these thoughts to outside sources.