A clinical neuroscience investigation into flashbacks and involuntary autobiographical memories

Thesis

Recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of trauma are a hallmark symptom of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The term ‘flashback’ is used in this thesis to refer to vivid, sensory perceptual (predominantly visual images), emotional memories from a traumatic event that intrude involuntarily into consciousness. Furthermore, intrusive image based memories occur in a number of other psychological disorders, for example, bipolar disorder and depression. Clinically, the presence and ...

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Authors: Clark, I; Ian A Clark

• Publication date: 2013
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-jxeza0omq
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: mental imagery; flashbacks; Posttraumatic stress disorder; neuroimaging; intrusive memory; autobiographical memory; trauma film paradigm
• Subjects: Neuropsychology; Memory; Experimental psychopathology; Emotion; Psychological medicine; Cognitive Neuroscience; Psychiatry; Behavioural Neuroscience; Stress; Clinical Neuropsychology