@article{ref1,
title="Threat of death and autobiographical memory: a study of passengers from Flight AT236",
journal="Clinical psychological science",
year="2015",
author="McKinnon, Margaret C. and Palombo, Daniela J. and Nazarov, Anthony and Kumar, Namita and Khuu, Wayne and Levine, Brian",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="487-502",
abstract="We investigated autobiographical memory in a group of passengers onboard a trans-Atlantic flight that nearly ditched at sea. The consistency of traumatic exposure across passengers, some of whom developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), provided a unique opportunity to assess verified memory for life-threatening trauma. Using the Autobiographical Interview, which separates episodic from non-episodic details, passengers and healthy controls (HCs) recalled three events: the airline disaster (or a highly negative event for HCs), the September 11, 2001 attacks, and a non-emotional event. All passengers showed robust mnemonic enhancement for episodic details of the airline disaster. Although neither richness nor accuracy of traumatic recollection was related to PTSD, production of non-episodic details for traumatic and non-traumatic events was elevated in PTSD passengers. These findings indicate a robust mnemonic enhancement for trauma that is not specific to PTSD. Rather, PTSD is associated with altered cognitive control operations that affect autobiographical memory in general.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2167-7026",
doi="10.1177/2167702614542280",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702614542280"
}