Individual differences in spatial configuration learning predict the occurrence of intrusive memories

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 186-196

  Meyer, Thomas ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a   Giesbrecht, Timo ^a   Quaedflieg, Conny W E M ^a   Girardelli, Marta M ^a   MacKay, Georgina R N ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intrusions; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Spatial contextual cuing task; Startle paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REVIEW; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84873812668     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0123-9     Document Type: Review

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