Acatamanthesia

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Acatamathesia in a general sense is the inability to understand but it is typically used to refer to someone who cannot comprehend speech. Sometimes acatamathesia is used to refer to a perceptual impairment due to a brain lesion but this is less common usage than in regards to language comprehension. Acatamathesia can be a general impairment in the ability to comprehend speech but can also refer to the complete loss of speech comprehension. This condition can be caused by a central nervous system lesion or by damage to the right hemisphere of the brain around the occipital and parietal lobes.

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Question: Heather does not like her father. During psychoanalysis, Heather projects the negative feelings she has toward her father onto the therapist. Heather does this because it is easier to express anger she feels toward her father at her therapist, and easier to work through her hostile feelings toward her father by way of the therapist. This is known as:


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