Unintentional memory inhibition is weakened in non-clinical dissociators

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-124

  Chiu, Chui De ^a   Yeh, Yei Yu ^a   Huang, Chin Lan ^b   Wu, Yin Chang ^a   Chiu, Yi Chieh ^a   Lin, Chi Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Memory control; Retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349093368     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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