paramnesia

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In another case of Morvan’s, the patient reported reduplicative paramnesia; he firmly believed that his home had been copied by a stranger and that the replica existed 40 miles away.

From Scientific American • Jan. 30, 2013

The subtle, recurring confusion between illusion and reality that was characteristic of paramnesia fascinated the chaplain, and he knew a number of things about it.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

He knew, for example, that it was called paramnesia, and he was interested as well in such corollary optical phenomena as jamais vu, never seen, and presque vu, almost seen.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

It may be that Leibnitz meant paramnesia with his ``perceptiones insensibiles.''

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

Many hypnotherapeutic techniques such as amnesia, hypermnesia, progression, paramnesia, automatic writing, dream induction, regression, production of experimental conflicts and crystal or mirror gazing require a somnambulistic state.

From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Powers, Melvin