Intrusive memories and modality-specific mental imagery in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Jelinek, Lena ^a   Randjbar, Sarah ^a   Kellner, Michael ^a   Untiedt, Angnes ^a   Volkert, Jana ^a   Muhtz, Christoph ^a   Moritz, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imagery; Intrusions; Memory; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957115323     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409/a000013     Document Type: Article

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