How we remember and misremember traumatic experiences

该项目解决了一个重要的问题：记忆扭曲在创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)中的作用，PTSD是一种全球性疾病，具有巨大的个人、社会和经济代价。这个项目的目的是从经验上调查创伤经历记忆错误的程度、原因和触发条件，特别是这些记忆的夸张，这与心理适应不良有关。了解遭受创伤的人如何以影响其康复的方式记忆和错误记忆他们经历的各个方面，这在理论上和实践上都很重要。事实上，它将帮助我们完善理论，并确定可能的PTSD患者干预点。

The project addresses a significant and important problem: the role of memory distortion in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a global disorder with significant personal, societal and economic costs. The aim of this project is to empirically investigate the extent, causes and triggering conditions of errors in memory for traumatic experiences; particularly exaggeration of these memories, which has been linked to poor psychological adjustment. Understanding how people exposed to trauma remember, and misremember, aspects of their experiences in ways that influence their recovery is both theoretically and practically important. Indeed, it will help us refine theory and identify possible points of intervention for PTSD sufferers.