Jefferson Psychoanalyst Talks to Philadelphia Inquirer About Governor Rick Perry's Memory Lapse During Live Debate
During a recent televised debate, presidential candidate Governor Rick Perry could not remember the third government agency that he would abolish.
In a Philadelphia Inquirer interview, psychoanalyst Dr. Salman Akhtar of Jefferson's Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, explains that fatigue and the rigors of campaigning could have been involved in this memory lapse. He adds that some internal conflict may have tripped up the candidate while he was speaking.
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Publication: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Published: 11/11/2011