A comparison of flashbacks and ordinary autobiographical memories of trauma: Cognitive resources and behavioural observations

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1143-1156

  Hellawell, S J ^a   Brewin, C R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Olde Court   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Behavioural observations; Cognitive resources; Flashbacks; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0036413397     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00080-8     Document Type: Article

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