Preferential processing of visual trauma-film reminders predicts subsequent intrusive memories

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1537-1551

  Verwoerd, Johan ^a   Wessel, Ineke ^a   de Jong, Peter J ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Maurice M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Intrusive memories; PTSD; RSVP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; RETINA IMAGE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL STRESS;

EID: 71049146049     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802457952     Document Type: Article

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