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Perceptual Defense

"Perceptual Defense" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Selective perceiving such that the individual protects himself from becoming aware of something unpleasant or threatening, e.g., obscene words are not heard correctly, or violent acts are not seen accurately.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Perceptual Defense" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Perceptual Defense" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 4 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2010
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