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aberrant salience

aberrant salience noun: a hypothesis which posits that the inappropriate processing and subsequent salience of irrelevant stimuli is implicated in the pathology and development of certain psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia.

Noun

aberrant salience (uncountable)

  1. (abstract) A hypothesis which posits that the inappropriate processing and subsequent salience of irrelevant stimuli is implicated in the pathology and development of certain psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia.

Origin of aberrant salience

aberrant + salience

Questions about aberrant salience

What does aberrant salience mean?
Aberrant salience means a hypothesis which posits that the inappropriate processing and subsequent salience of irrelevant stimuli is implicated in the pathology and development of certain psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia.
What part of speech is aberrant salience?
Aberrant salience is a noun.

Words near aberrant salience in the dictionary

  1. aberrancies
  2. aberrancy
  3. aberrant
  4. aberrant conduction
  5. aberrant conductions
  6. aberrant salience
  7. aberrantly
  8. aberrants
  9. aberrate
  10. aberrated
  11. aberrates

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