Eye-movements and visual imagery: A working memory approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-223

  Andrade, Jackie ^a,c   Kavanagh, David ^b,d   Baddeley, Alan ^a,e  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0030960363     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01408.x     Document Type: Article

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