Source Memory Errors Associated with Reports of Posttraumatic Flashbacks: A Proof of Concept Study

Autor/inn/en	Brewin, Chris R.; Huntley, Zoe; Whalley, Matthew G.
Titel	Source Memory Errors Associated with Reports of Posttraumatic Flashbacks: A Proof of Concept Study
Quelle	In: Cognition, 124 (2012) 2, S.234-238 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2012.05.002
Schlagwörter	Stimuli; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Memory; Validity; Feedback (Response); Recognition (Psychology); Task Analysis; Cognitive Processes; Writing (Composition) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anreizsystem; Gedächtnis; Gültigkeit; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Aufgabenanalyse; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schreibübung
Abstract	Flashbacks are involuntary, emotion-laden images experienced by individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The qualities of flashbacks could under certain circumstances lead to source memory errors. Participants with PTSD wrote a trauma narrative and reported the experience of flashbacks. They were later presented with stimuli from flashback and non-flashback parts of their narrative, mixed with foils from the narrative of another participant, and judged whether they belonged to their own narrative. They also reported whether stimuli elicited a flashback during this recognition test. Overall reporting a flashback at test was associated with significantly better recognition performance. Flashbacks were occasionally reported to foil stimuli, which were then likely to be wrongly attributed to the person's own narrative. This provides proof of concept of a cognitive mechanism that could potentially account for some cases of false trauma memories. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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