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  • Title: Visual false memories in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
    Author: Jelinek L, Hottenrott B, Randjbar S, Peters MJ, Moritz S.
    Journal: J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry; 2009 Jun; 40(2):374-83. PubMed ID: 19303587.
    Abstract:
    There is an ongoing debate whether or not patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more prone to produce false memories. The present study investigated this question using a visual variant of the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm, additionally addressing underlying mechanisms of false memory production (e.g., depression, dissociation, emotional valence, arousal). The visual paradigm was administered to 48 traumatized individuals with (n=20) and without PTSD (n=28) and 28 non-traumatized controls. Groups did not differ with regard to memory performance and memory confidence. False memories were correlated with depression. We recommend that future studies employ trauma-related material to further explore memory aberrations in PTSD.
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