Emotional working memory capacity in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 498-504

  Schweizer, Susanne ^a   Dalgleish, Tim ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex span; Executive control; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Reading span; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79959562929     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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