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  • "Psychogenic" does not mean she is crazy or mentally ill, and does not mean she is faking, although the anti-vaccine loons who point to her as "evidence" that the flu vaccine is harmful will almost certainly caricature this argument as a heartless dismissal of her symptoms as her "faking."

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • PSYCHOLOGIST: Psychogenic fugue is a rare form of memory loss in which someone typically experiences some sort of traumatic event, and as a result of that, begins to wander.

    CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2007 2007

  • DANIEL SCHACTER, HARVARD PSYCHOLOGIST: Psychogenic fugue is a rare form of memory loss in which someone typically experiences some sort of traumatic event, and as a result of that, begins to wander.

    CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2007 2007

  • 'Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures', where people seem to have epileptic seizures but without any detectable brain disturbance, have probably received the most research attention to date see two previous articles on Mind Hacks.

    Mind Hacks: Is hysteria real? 2006

  • 'Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures', where people seem to have epileptic seizures but without any detectable brain disturbance, have probably received the most research attention to date see two previous articles on Mind Hacks.

    Mind Hacks: September 2006 Archives 2006

  • Link to article on 'Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures' via BrainBlog.

    Mind Hacks: September 2005 Archives 2005

  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures can be diagnosed when the person's behaviour suggests a seizure, but no brain disturbance is detected.

    Mind Hacks: September 2005 Archives 2005

  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures can be diagnosed when the person's behaviour suggests a seizure, but no brain disturbance is detected.

    Mind Hacks: Psychological seizures 2005

  • Link to article on 'Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures' via BrainBlog.

    Mind Hacks: Psychological seizures 2005

  • Listed under Equipment for the Moore version is "Psychogenic Tubers," which gets its own sidebar description.

    Archive 2004-11-07 2004

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