ReviewJournal of traumatic stress2025
Key concepts, methods, findings, and questions about traumatic memories.
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- Semantic encoding of trauma memories in the hippocampus among individuals with PTSD.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Determinants of mental health in earthquake survivors: Trauma memories, cognitions, identity and safety-seeking behaviours in PTSD and CPTSD models.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
- Acute Mental Health Impacts and Mid-Term Symptom Trajectories Following Wildfire Exposure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Amplified psychological reactions to war predict increased sleep problems among holocaust descendants.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Key concepts, methods, findings, and questions about traumatic memories.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Review
- Traumatic memories are directly associated with depression and generalized anxiety symptoms, independent of posttraumatic stress symptoms.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
This article is based on a Lifetime Achievement Award lecture delivered at the 40th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in Boston (Massachusetts, United States) in September 2024. Understanding traumatic memory involves integrating clinical observations with a wide range of knowledge from philosophy, cognitive and social psychology, and neuroscience. I present definitions of traumatic memory; distinguish voluntary from involuntary forms, such as flashbacks; and introduce relevant concepts that can situate the clinical symptom within a wider framework. The distinction between flashbacks and standard episodic memory has important implications, and I discuss how the methods used to study traumatic memory can preserve it. Using this same perspective, I then review emerging evidence concerning the nature, neural underpinnings, and origin of traumatic memories. The final section reviews some significant unanswered questions for the future. These include the impact of traumatic memories on the experience of self and the implications of delayed onsets for postulating a family of posttraumatic stress disorders with different underlying mechanisms.
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