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temporal gradient

a pattern of retrograde amnesia characterized by greater loss of memory for events from the recent past (i.e., close to the onset of the amnesia) than for events from the remote past. See also Ribot’s law.

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win–lose dynamic

win–lose dynamic

the conflict-promoting processes that occur in situations in which competitive reward structures cause participants to feel they can only succeed if others fail.