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French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Psychology / After a concussion caused by a car accident | | French term or phrase: une absence d'encodage | "Il nous dit avoir des souvenirs du moment de l'accident, puis avoir été "absent" durant les deux heures qui ont suivi. Le récit qu'il fait de ces heures démontre une ABSENCE D'ENCODAGE et une confusion correspondant à une amnésie post-traumatique..."
In a report from a neuropsychologist about a patient's concussion caused by a car accident
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|  Joshua WolfeKudoZ activityQuestions: 76 (none open) ( 2 without valid answers) ( 3 closed without grading) Answers: 109
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| | an absence of encoding | Explanation:
See Wiki for "encoding": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encoding_(memory) [there's a close parenethesis at the end of the URL]
"Memory is the ability to encode, store and recall information. Memories give an organism the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as build relationships. Encoding allows the perceived item of use or interest to be converted into a construct that can be stored within the brain and recalled later from short term or long term memory"
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From the Wall Street Journal (2002):
"The leading edge of memory research now focuses on why observations don't make it into synaptic storage in the first place. Thanks to an absence of "encoding," there is nothing in the brain to recall. Why? The list of ways we can fail to encode an observation is fairly dispiriting, but let me summarize two 2001 experiments."
eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg00134.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg001...
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Let's try that URL for the Wall Street Journal again:
eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg00134.htmll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg001...
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Sorry, it's getting mangled and I don't know why! But it's the mail-archive reference that appears when you google "leading edge of memory research" ;-) |
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cc in nyc
Local time: 14:56
| Grading comment Thank-you for the info, and for digging up a relevant reference for 'absence of encoding' (I was also able to find others confirming your suggestion).
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3 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 was not processing information
Explanation:
In other words, he was conscious, but not taking in anything he saw or heard.
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He could even have been unconscious.
| philgoddard
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1 day1 hr confidence: an absence of encoding
Explanation:
See Wiki for "encoding": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encoding_(memory) [there's a close parenethesis at the end of the URL]
"Memory is the ability to encode, store and recall information. Memories give an organism the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as build relationships. Encoding allows the perceived item of use or interest to be converted into a construct that can be stored within the brain and recalled later from short term or long term memory"
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-05-11 22:11:12 GMT)
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From the Wall Street Journal (2002):
"The leading edge of memory research now focuses on why observations don't make it into synaptic storage in the first place. Thanks to an absence of "encoding," there is nothing in the brain to recall. Why? The list of ways we can fail to encode an observation is fairly dispiriting, but let me summarize two 2001 experiments."
eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg00134.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg001...
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-05-11 22:12:51 GMT)
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Let's try that URL for the Wall Street Journal again:
eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg00134.htmll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/eristocracy@merrymeet.com/msg001...
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Sorry, it's getting mangled and I don't know why! But it's the mail-archive reference that appears when you google "leading edge of memory research" ;-)
| cc in nyc
Local time: 14:56
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| | Grading comment | Thank-you for the info, and for digging up a relevant reference for 'absence of encoding' (I was also able to find others confirming your suggestion). |
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