aberrant salience

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Etymology

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aberrant + salience

Noun

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aberrant salience (uncountable)

  1. (abstract) 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.