Aim and Shoot
Peterson and Peterson (1959)
To investigate the duration of short-term memory, and provide empirical evidence for the multi-store model.
Working Memory model, Chess, Dual Task Experiment
Robbins et al
Excess of this hormone over long periods of time can shrink your hippocampus
Cortisol
Trigrams
Peterson and Peterson
Gilbertson et al. 2002
to see if low volume in the hippocampus is a risk factor for PTSD
Klingberg et al. (2005)
to investigate whether computer games can improve the working memory capacity of children with ADHD
This study found that Asians are more likely to say that medicine is dangerous and addictive
Horne et al
If the Amygdala is hyper-responsive then this brain part is hypo-responsive
Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex
Low hippocampal volume may be an existing factor in an individual that might increase their vulnerability to developing PTSD as a result of exposure to trauma
Gilbertson et al
Horne et al
Investigate cultural differences in attitudes towards medicine in Asian and Western society
Buchanan and Lovallo (2001)
This experiment tested how that release of cortisol might affect memories of emotional information.
The participants from this study suffered from ADHD and were asked to play video games, How fun!
Klingberg et al
Abnormalities in these three parts of the brain have been associated with a higher chance of developing PTSD
Hippocampus, Amygdala, VM-PFC.
Cognitive reappraisal, top-down processing of the vmPFC, and amygdala activation
Urry et al
Robbins et al
investigated the role of working memory in various aspects of thinking in chess.
MacNamara et al 2016)
To assess the effectiveness of SSRIs in the treatment of PTSD.
In this study Paroxetine was found to be effective in reducing PTSD symptoms
MacNamara et al
refers to how someone thinks about their traumatic experience, its consequences and/or other events following it
Cognitive Appraisal
*not reappraisal*
The results of this study showed that the cortisol group remembered significantly more emotionally arousing images than the control group. The strongest effect was found in cued memory – when participants where given a category title (e.g. injured people, food, sports) and asked to recall the images.
Buchanan and Lovallo
Urry et al
To investigate the effect of cognitive reappraisal on amygdala activation
Felmingham et al (2007)
To investigate the neurological effects of imagination therapy and cognitive restructuring
The ethics of this study are questionable because they kept monkeys in laboratories for one year and had them euthanized so the researches could perform autopsies to evaluate the affect of their treatment
Sapolsky et al
Why might Females be more likely to develop PTSD
Up to Francis
This study tried to change the patient's way of thinking from being maladaptive and irrational to being more healthy and positive.
- Eg. Reducing survivors guilt in the participants.
Felmingham et al
Sapolsky et al
To investigate the effect of increased cortisol levels on the hippocampus