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ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2019

Investigating the effect of proactive interference control training on intrusive memories.

Marcella L Woud, Alexandre Heeren, Lorika Shkreli, Thomas Meyer, Leonie Egeri, Jan C Cwik, Armin Zlomuzica, Henrik Kessler, Jürgen Margraf

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Angiotensin involvement in trauma processing-exploring candidate neurocognitive mechanisms of preventing post-traumatic stress symptoms.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Marcella L WoudMental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4974-505X
Alexandre HeerenPsychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0553-6149
Lorika ShkreliMental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Thomas MeyerResearch Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7228-5365
Leonie EgeriMental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Jan C CwikDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2290-353X
Armin ZlomuzicaMental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Henrik KesslerDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ruhr University Bochum, LWL University Hospital, Bochum, Germany.
Jürgen MargrafMental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Ruhr University Bochum · DELWL-Universitätsklinikum Bochum · DEUCLouvain · BEUniversity of Cologne · DEUniversity of Münster · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrusive re-experiencing is a hallmark symptom of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). According to prominent models of intrusive phenomena, intrusive memories may result from impairments in the efficiency of working memory capacity (WMC), more specifically proactive interference control. Yet, experimental research is scarce. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate experimentally the role of proactive interference control in intrusive memories. We randomly assigned 57 healthy participants to either receive a high interference control training or a low interference control training. Participants were then exposed to highly distressing film clips. WMC was assessed before and after the training. Intrusion symptoms were assessed directly post-training and after one week using an Intrusion Provocation Task (IPT), a one-week intrusions diary, and the retrospective intrusion subscale of the Impact of Event Sale - Revised (IES-R). Results indicated that both groups reported improvements in WMC and fewer intrusions on the second IPT post-training, with no differences between groups. Similarly, no group differences on intrusions were found at one-week follow-up (i.e., intrusion diary and IES-R). To conclude, these data are not consistent with the hypothesis that WMC plays a role in intrusive re-experiencing. Implications for future research are discussed.

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emotional disordersinhibition controlIntrusionsoperation span taskreading span tasktraumatrauma film paradigmworking memory capacity

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PMID31143413
PMCPMC6522906
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