Tracking explicit and implicit long-lasting traces of fearful memories in humans

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-104

  Packard, Pau Alexander ^a,b   Rodríguez Fornells, Antoni ^a,b,c   Stein, Lilian Milnitsky ^d   Nicolás, Berta ^a   Fuentemilla, Lluís ^a,b  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contextual fear; Explicit memory; Gist based memory; Implicit memory; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908230184     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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