APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Increased PTSD Symptoms Are Related to Attention to and Memory for Trauma-Incongruent Negative Stimuli
- Akos Szekely
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Monika Waszczuk
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Monika Waszczuk
University of Trieste - Camilo Ruggero
University of North Texas - Roman Kotov
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Suparna Rajaram
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Aprajita Mohanty
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York
Abstract
PTSD patients exhibit better memory for threat information attributed to an attentional bias toward negative information. We tested 390 individuals exposed to the World Trade Center terrorist attack, and found that magnitude of PTSD symptoms was related to attentional processing and subsequent recall of negative trauma-incongruent compared to neutral words.
Emotion
