Impaired allocentric spatial processing in posttraumatic stress disorder

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-76

  Smith, Kirsten V ^a,d   Burgess, Neil ^b   Brewin, Chris R ^c   King, John A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocentric memory; Hippocampus; PTSD; Spatial memory; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOCENTRIC MEMORY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGOCENTRIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL RECOGNITION TEST; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922439144     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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