The effects of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the emotion-induced memory trade-off

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Mickley Steinmetz, Katherine R ^a   Scott, Laurie A ^b   Smith, David ^a   Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Memory; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84864921156     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00034     Document Type: Article

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