Forgetting of trauma cues in adults reporting continuous or recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 336-340

  McNally, Richard J ^a,b   Ristuccia, Carel S ^a   Perlman, Carol A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CUES; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 17444371729     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01536.x     Document Type: Article

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