Emotional Stroop interference in trauma-exposed individuals: A contrast between two accounts

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 104-112

  Caparos, Serge ^a   Blanchette, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Emotion; Emotional Stroop; Interference; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL TASK; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEXUAL ABUSE; STROOP TEST; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL CRIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEX OFFENSES; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904752931     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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