How people remember - and forget - traumatic experiences is a highly controversial issue in psychiatry and psychology. At the moment, the field of trauma and memory is dominated by several controversies (for a review, see Brewin, 2007).

The purpose of this special issue is to highlight studies examining remembering and forgetting in people who report having experienced traumatic events. Moreover, this issue will also focus on research manipulating memory functioning, thereby providing us important information regarding the status of traumatic memories. This research on trauma and memory may provide important clues to the architecture and characteristics of both abnormal and normal memory functioning.

About the Author
Elke Geraerts is at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Marko Jelicic is at the Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University in the Netherlands.


Book Information
ISBN 9781138372368
Author Elke Geraerts
Format Hardback
Page Count 88
Imprint Psychology Press Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 320g