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Normalcy bias, a form of cognitive dissonance, is the refusal to plan for, or react to, a disaster which has never happened before. Effort justification is a person's tendency to attribute greater value to an outcome if they had to put effort into achieving it. This can result in more value being applied to an outcome than it actually has.
Cotard's syndrome, also known as Cotard's delusion or walking corpse syndrome, is a rare mental disorder in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs. [1] Statistical analysis of a hundred-patient cohort indicated that denial of self ...
False memory syndrome. In psychology, false memory syndrome ( FMS) was a proposed "pattern of beliefs and behaviors" [ 1] in which a person's identity and relationships are affected by false memories of psychological trauma, recollections which are strongly believed by the individual, but contested by the accused. [ 2]
April 23, 2024 at 10:59 PM. "Baby Reindeer" is sparking a nuanced conversation about mental health. The hit Netflix series tells the tale of struggling comedian Donny Dunn (Richard Gadd) and his ...
Actor Colin Farrell is launching a new foundation to raise awareness of a rare genetic condition called Angelman syndrome, which affects his son — pictured with Farrell, at right, in 2009.
The Big Bang Theory. ) " The Stockholm Syndrome " is the series finale of the American television sitcom The Big Bang Theory. It is the twenty-fourth episode of the twelfth season and the 279th overall episode of the series. Written by series co-creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, with Steve Holland, Steven Molaro, Dave Goetsch, Eric Kaplan ...
Memory implantation. Memory implantation is a technique used in cognitive psychology to investigate human memory. In memory implantation studies researchers make people believe that they remember an event that actually never happened. The false memories that have been successfully implanted in people's memories include remembering being lost in ...
Hyperthymesia, also known as hyperthymestic syndrome or highly superior autobiographical memory ( HSAM ), is a condition that leads people to be able to remember an abnormally large number of their life experiences in vivid detail. It is extraordinarily rare, with less than 100 people in the world having been diagnosed with the condition as of ...