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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as asemia.

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  • The most typical case is known as the pain asymbolia syndrome, where people who suffer from it have pain experiences without the negative affect.

    Pain Aydede, Murat 2009

  • Probably, they still feel the negative affect but don't mind it, whereas the pain asymbolia patients don't even feel the momentary negative affect.

    Pain Aydede, Murat 2009

  • In his paper, Dennett primarily relies on the kind of dissociation involved in lobotomy and morphine cases and treating them as if they involved the same kind of strong dissociation involved in pain asymbolia.

    Pain Aydede, Murat 2009

  • In fact, there is evidence that pain asymbolia may be the only form of genuine dissociation (Grahek 2007).

    Pain Aydede, Murat 2009

  • “Bilateral sensory seizures in a patient with pain asymbolia,”

    Pain Aydede, Murat 2009

  • At this period the gesture-language and modulation of voice of the child are generally easy to understand, as in case of pure ataxic aphasia (the verbal asemia or asymbolia of Finkelnburg) are the looks and gestures of aphasic adults.

    The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869

  • For instance, pain asymbolia also typically produces a kind of dissociation ” a rather strong kind ” sometimes similar to cingulotomy patients 'but interestingly different from lobotomy patients' (Rubins and Friedman 1948; Hurt and Ballantyne

    Pain Aydede, Murat 2009

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