title: Towards a theory of multiple personality and other dissociative phenomena.
abstract: That dissociation and multiple personality occur has been well documented. In this article the guest editor asks the following question: Are they created? To arrive at an answer he brings together various concepts under the rubric of state-dependent learning and presents ideas about how the states come together psychologically, physiologically, neurophysiologically, and physically.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000502:physiology; D000339:Affect; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003243:Consciousness; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006696:Holography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology; D007834:Lasers; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology; D010455:Peptides / Q000502:physiology; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012094:Repression, Psychology
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010455:Peptides; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone