Vividness of general mental imagery is associated with the occurrence of intrusive memories

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-226

  Morina, Nexhmedin ^a   Leibold, Eilika ^a   Ehring, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrusions; Intrusive memory; Mental imagery; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INTRUSIVE MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84870656045     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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