Is it mere distraction? Peri-traumatic verbal tasks can increase analogue flashbacks but reduce voluntary memory performance

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-324

  Bourne, Corin ^a   Frasquilho, Francisco ^b   Roth, Anthony D ^b   Holmes, Emily A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive mechanisms; Intrusive memories; Peri traumatic processing; Post traumatic stress disorder; Trauma film

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955270735     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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