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SUBMITTER: Otgaar H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5665161 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Otgaar Henry H Muris Peter P Howe Mark L ML Merckelbach Harald H
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science 20170919 6
In clinical and court settings, it is imperative to know whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression may make people susceptible to false memories. We conducted a review of the literature on false memory effects in participants with PTSD, a history of trauma, or depression. When emotional associative material was presented to these groups, their levels of false memory were raised relative to those in relevant comparison groups. This difference did not consistently emerge when neu ...[more]