aberrant salience

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

aberrant salience

Etymology

aberrant + salience

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