Key steps in developing a cognitive vaccine against traumatic flashbacks: Visuospatial tetris versus verbal pub quiz

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Holmes, Emily A ^a   James, Ella L ^a   Kilford, Emma J ^a   Deeprose, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; COMPUTER GAME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FLASH BACK; GAME; GAME DIFFICULTY; GAME ENJOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUB QUIZ; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TETRIS; TRAUMA FILM PARADIGM; TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649758327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013706     Document Type: Article

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