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  2. Affect control theory - Wikipedia

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    Deflections are the distances in the EPA space between transient and fundamental affective meanings. For example, a mother complimented by a stranger feels that the unknown individual is much nicer than a stranger is supposed to be, and a bit too potent and active as well – thus there is a moderate distance between the impression created and the mother's sentiment about strangers.

  3. Altered level of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    A confused person may be bewildered, disoriented, and have difficulty following instructions. [9] The person may have slow thinking and possible memory time loss. This could be caused by sleep deprivation, malnutrition, allergies, environmental pollution, drugs (prescription and nonprescription), and infection.

  4. Brief psychotic disorder - Wikipedia

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    Brief psychotic disorder—according to the classifications of mental disorders DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5—is a psychotic condition involving the sudden onset of at least one psychotic symptom (such as disorganized thought/speech, delusions, hallucinations, or grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior) lasting 1 day to 1 month, often accompanied by emotional turmoil.

  5. Absent-mindedness - Wikipedia

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    Absent-mindedness is a mental state wherein a person is forgetfully inattentive. [1] It is the opposite mental state of mindfulness. Absent-mindedness is often caused by things such as boredom, sleepiness, rumination, distraction, or preoccupation with one's own internal monologue. When experiencing absent-mindedness, people exhibit signs of ...

  6. Transient global amnesia is scary, but a benign condition ...

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    Transient global amnesia (TGA) is an uncommon condition affecting about 1 in every 20,000 Americans, although as many as 1 of every 4,000 over age 50. Many TGA patients have a precipitating factor ...

  7. Depersonalization - Wikipedia

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    Individuals who experience depersonalization feel divorced from their own personal self as not belonging to the same identity. Depersonalization is a dissociative phenomenon characterized by a subjective feeling of detachment from oneself, manifesting as a sense of disconnection from one's thoughts, emotions, sensations, or actions, and often accompanied by a feeling of observing oneself from ...

  8. Transient loss of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) is a brief period of unconsciousness which resolves spontaneously. It may be traumatic—as in a concussion —or non-traumatic in origin. Common causes of non-traumatic TLOC include syncope and epileptic seizures .

  9. What is 'Cat Person'? How the viral short story led to a movie

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    It was the piece of fiction heard round the net. This October, it jumped off the medium-sized screens and headed to the big screen. "Cat Person," the new film based on the short story by Kristen ...