Imaging Repressed Memories in Motor Conversion Disorder
Richard A. A. Kanaan, MRCPsych,
Tom K. J. Craig, PhD, FRCPsych,
Simon C. Wessely, MD, FRCPsych and
Anthony S. David, MD, FRCPsych
From the Department of Psychological Medicine (R.A.A.K., S.C.W.), Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry (R.A.A.K., A.S.D.), and Department of Health Services Research (T.K.J.C.), King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.

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Figure 1. The Right Amygdala (crosshairs) showing greater activation during recall of the repressed event compared with recall of an equally severe event.
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Figure 2. The Left Motor Cortex showing relative deactivation during the recall of the repressed event compared with recall of an equally severe event.
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