Rethinking a Negative Event: The Affective Impact of Ruminative versus Imagery-Based Processing of Aversive Autobiographical Memories

Rethinking a Negative Event: The Affective Impact of Ruminative versus Imagery-Based Processing of Aversive Autobiographical Memories

IntroductionRuminative (abstract verbal) processing during recall of aversive autobiographical memories may serve to dampen their short-term affective impact. Experimental studies indeed demonstrate that verbal processing of non-autobiographical material and positive autobiographical memories evokes...

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Main Authors: Christien Slofstra, Maarten C. Eisma, Emily A. Holmes, Claudi L. H. Bockting, Maaike H. Nauta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
imagery
concrete
abstract verbal
rumination
autobiographical memory
processing mode
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00082/full

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