Post-traumatic stress disorder symptom burden and gender each affect generalization in a reward- and punishment-learning task

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 2; p. e0172144
• Main Authors: Radell, Milen L, Beck, Kevin D, Gilbertson, Mark W, Myers, Catherine E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.02.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; African Americans; Aged; Alcohol; Associative learning; Biology and Life Sciences; Clinical psychology; Clusters; Cognitive ability; Configurations; Cost of Illness; Cues; Diagnostic systems; Female; Females; Gender aspects; Health aspects; Humans; Learning; Male; Males; Medical diagnosis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Memory; Mental disorders; Middle Aged; Military personnel; Military psychology; Neurosciences; People and places; Physiology; Post traumatic stress disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Primary care; Punishment; Reinforcement; Risk factors; Sex Characteristics; Sex differences; Sex Factors; Social Sciences; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - physiopathology; Studies; Trauma; Veterans; United States; United States > US; Vietnam; New Jersey

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop following exposure to a traumatic event. Re-experiencing, which includes intrusive memories or flashbacks of the trauma, is a core symptom cluster of PTSD. From an associative learning perspective, this cluster may be attributed to cues associated wi...