Imagery in the aftermath of viewing a traumatic film: Using cognitive tasks to modulate the development of involuntary memory

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 758-764

  Deeprose, Catherine ^a   Zhang, Shuqi ^a   Dejong, Hannah ^a   Dalgleish, Tim ^b   Holmes, Emily A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Episodic memory; Intrusions; Involuntary memory; Memory consolidation; Mental imagery; Visuospatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INVOLUNTARY MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255178709     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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