| Literature DB >> 15755223 |
Tanja Michael1, Anke Ehlers, Sarah L Halligan.
Abstract
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. Copyright 2005 APA, all rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15755223 DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.5.1.103
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emotion ISSN: 1528-3542