The tortured brain: Imaging neural representations of traumatic stress experiences using RSVP with affective pictorial stimuli

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Elbert, Thomas ^a   Schauer, Maggie ^a   Ruf, Martina ^a   Weierstall, Roland ^a   Neuner, Frank ^b   Rockstroh, Brigitte ^a   Junghöfer, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Defense cascade; Neural imaging; Rapid Serial Visual Presentation; Trauma network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855646264     PISSN: 21908370     EISSN: 21512604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000064     Document Type: Article

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