@article{ref1,
title="Neural correlates of levels of emotional awareness during trauma script-imagery in posttraumatic stress disorder",
journal="Psychosomatic medicine",
year="2008",
author="Frewen, Paul and Lane, Richard D. and Neufeld, Richard W. J. and Densmore, Maria and Stevens, Todd and Lanius, Ruth",
volume="70",
number="1",
pages="27-31",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine individual differences in levels of emotional awareness as a predictor of the blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) response to trauma script-driven imagery in trauma-exposed individuals with (n = 25) and without (n = 16) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS: Participants completed the Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS) and a functional magnetic resonance imaging trauma script-driven imagery paradigm. RESULTS: Patients with PTSD exhibited lower LEAS scores in comparison with the control group. LEAS scores correlated positively with BOLD activity during trauma script-imagery in the ventral anterior cingulate cortex (vACC) in healthy controls, whereas LEAS scores correlated negatively with activation of vACC in individuals with PTSD. CONCLUSION: Patients with PTSD exhibit lower than average levels of emotional awareness. Levels of emotional awareness are differentially associated with vACC response during trauma script-driven imagery in healthy controls versus individuals with PTSD.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-3174",
doi="10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815f66d4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815f66d4"
}