Citation

Kramer TH, Buckhout R, Fox P, Widman E, Tusche B. Appl. Cogn. Psychol. 1991; 5(6): 483-488.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/acp.2350050603

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Subjects in experimental conditions were exposed to a traumatic autopsy colour slide (labelled either as of New York Police Department (NYPD) or MGM studio origin) embedded in a neutral series of travel scenes, while control subjects saw a neutral target. Subjects in the high-stress condition showed a significant decrease in memory for neutral slides which followed the NYPD-labelled traumatic stimulus (p < 0.001). Results support evidence in the eyewitness memory field which indicate reduced recall under elevated levels of stress.

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