Mental imagery and post-traumatic stress disorder: A neuroimaging and experimental psychopathology approach to intrusive memories of trauma

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Clark, Ian A ^a   Mackay, Clare E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental psychopathology; Flashbacks; Intrusive memory; Mental imagery; Neuroimaging; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological trauma; Trauma film paradigm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTRUSIVE MEMORY; MEMORY; MENTAL IMAGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; RECALL; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84940101279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00104     Document Type: Article

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