"Rationalization" 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.
A defense mechanism operating unconsciously, in which the individual attempts to justify or make consciously tolerable, by plausible means, feelings, behavior, and motives that would otherwise be intolerable.
| Descriptor ID |
D011908
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.393.746
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rationalization" by people in Profiles.
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Rational thoughts in neural codes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 11 24; 117(47):29311-29320.
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Heuristics and optimal solutions to the breadth-depth dilemma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 08 18; 117(33):19799-19808.
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Advances in mobilization for the optimization of autologous stem cell transplantation. Leuk Lymphoma. 2009 Sep; 50(9):1412-21.
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Boundaries, technique, and self-deception: a discussion of Arnold Goldberg's "Some limits of the boundary concept". Psychoanal Q. 2008 Jul; 77(3):877-81; discussion 915-9.
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Emotions, decisions, and the limits of rationality: symposium introduction. Med Decis Making. 2005 Jan-Feb; 25(1):95-6.