@article{ref1,
title="The neural correlates of memory for a life-threatening event: an fMRI study of passengers from flight AT236",
journal="Clinical psychological science",
year="2016",
author="Palombo, Daniela J. and McKinnon, Margaret C. and McIntosh, Anthony R. and Anderson, Adam K. and Todd, Rebecca M. and Levine, Brian",
volume="4",
number="2",
pages="312-319",
abstract="We investigated the neural correlates of remote traumatic reexperiencing in survivors of a life-threatening incident: the near crash of Air Transat (AT) Flight 236. Survivors' brain activity was monitored during video-cued recollection of the AT disaster, September 11(th), 2001 (9/11), and a comparatively non-emotional (neutral) event. Passengers showed a robust memory enhancement effect for the AT incident relative to the 9/11 and neutral events. This traumatic memory enhancement was associated with activation in the amygdala, medial temporal lobe, anterior and posterior midline, and visual cortex in passengers. This brain-behavior relationship also held in relation to 9/11, which had elevated significance for passengers given its temporal proximity to the AT disaster. This pattern was not observed in a comparison group of non-traumatized individuals who were also scanned. These findings suggest that remote, traumatic memory is mediated by amygdalar activity, which likely enhances vividness via influences on hippocampal and ventral visual systems.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2167-7026",
doi="10.1177/2167702615589308",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702615589308"
}