Does remembering cause forgetting in chronically stressed people?: A study of ugandan civil war refugees with and without PTSD

Journal of Psychology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-79

  Koessler, Susanne ^a   Wöhrmann, Christian ^a   Zwissler, Bastian ^a   Pfeiffer, Anett ^a,b   Ertl, Verena ^a,b   Kissler, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Nongovernmental Organization   (Germany)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Memory inhibition; PTSD; Retrieval induced forgetting; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957137778     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409/a000014     Document Type: Article

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