Enhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder.
Intrusive reexperiencing in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to perceptual priming for trauma-related material. A prospective longitudinal study (N = 69) investigated perceptual priming for trauma-related, general threat, and neutral words in assault survivors with and without PT...
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| description | Intrusive reexperiencing in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to perceptual priming for trauma-related material. A prospective longitudinal study (N = 69) investigated perceptual priming for trauma-related, general threat, and neutral words in assault survivors with and without PTSD, using a new version of the word-stem completion task. Survivors with PTSD showed enhanced priming for trauma-related words. Furthermore, priming for trauma-related words measured soon after the trauma was associated with subsequent PTSD severity at 3, 6, and 9 months. The enhanced priming effect was specific to trauma-related words. Enhanced perceptual priming for traumatic material appears to be one of the cognitive processes operating in PTSD. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f14b37f6-4911-4091-b628-092ca628b80b2022-03-27T11:54:55ZEnhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f14b37f6-4911-4091-b628-092ca628b80bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005Michael, TEhlers, AHalligan, SIntrusive reexperiencing in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to perceptual priming for trauma-related material. A prospective longitudinal study (N = 69) investigated perceptual priming for trauma-related, general threat, and neutral words in assault survivors with and without PTSD, using a new version of the word-stem completion task. Survivors with PTSD showed enhanced priming for trauma-related words. Furthermore, priming for trauma-related words measured soon after the trauma was associated with subsequent PTSD severity at 3, 6, and 9 months. The enhanced priming effect was specific to trauma-related words. Enhanced perceptual priming for traumatic material appears to be one of the cognitive processes operating in PTSD. |
| spellingShingle | Michael, T Ehlers, A Halligan, S Enhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder. |
| title | Enhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder. |
| title_full | Enhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder. |
| title_fullStr | Enhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder. |
| title_short | Enhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder. |
| title_sort | enhanced priming for trauma related material in posttraumatic stress disorder |
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