Dissociative disorders are a group of mental disorders defined as "... a disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment." All dissociative disorders cause significant interference...

Dissociation is the process by which a chemical combination breaks up into simpler constituents. Dissociation may be accomplished by the addition of energy, as in the case of gaseous molecules dissociated by heat; or by the action of a solvent on a...

Spared performance on one task with disrupted performance on a different task in a brain-damaged patient. Such single dissociations cannot prove that the two tasks require independent processes, since differences in difficulty between the tasks could...

Breaking of a chemical compound into simpler constituents as a result of added energy, as in the case of gaseous molecules dissociated by heating; also, the effect of a solvent on a dissolved polar compound (electrolyte), as in the case of an inorganic...

Separation or “isolation” of mental processes in such a way that they split off from the main personality or lose their normal thought-affect...

Dissociation has different meanings in different...