Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder show a selective deficit in generalization of associative learning

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 758-767

  Levy Gigi, Einat ^a   Kěri, Szabolcs ^b,c   Myers, Catherine E ^d,e   Lencovsky, Zvi ^f   Sharvit Benbaji, Hadas ^f   Orr, Scott P ^g   Gilbertson, Mark W ^h   Servatius, Richard J ^d,i,j   Tsao, Jack W ^k   Gluck, Mark A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c National Psychiatry Center   (Hungary)

^d New Jersey Health Care System   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Israel Police   (Israel)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

ⁱ The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^j Stress and Motivated Behavior Institute   (United States)

^k Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

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Author keywords

Generalization; Hippocampus; Learning; PTSD

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACQUIRED EQUIVALENCE TASK; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INJURY; ISRAEL; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84874412968     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029361     Document Type: Article

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