Prospects and problems in studying traumatic flashbacks: Reply to kvavilashvili (2014)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-108

  Brewin, Chris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Flashbacks; Memory; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84890959465     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034682     Document Type: Article

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