Episodic memories in anxiety disorders
- The aim of this review is to summarize research on the emerging role of episodic memories in the context of anxiety disorders (AD). The available literature on explicit, autobiographical, and episodic memory function in AD including neuroimaging studies is critically discussed. We describe the methodological diversity of episodic memory research in AD and discuss the need for novel tests to measure episodic memory in a clinical setting. We argue that alterations in episodic memory functions might contribute to the etiology of AD. We further explain why future research on the interplay between episodic memory function and emotional disorders as well as its neuroanatomical foundations offers the promise to increase the effectiveness of modern psychological treatments. We conclude that one major task is to develop methods and training programs that might help patients suffering from AD to better understand, interpret, and possibly actively use their episodic memories in a way that would support therapeutic interventions and counteract the occurrence of symptoms.
| Author: | Armin ZlomuzicaORCiDGND, Dorothea DereGND, Alla MachulskaORCiDGND, Dirk AdolphORCiDGND, Ekrem DereORCiDGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-69683 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00131 |
| Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience |
| Subtitle (English): | clinical implications |
| Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
| Place of publication: | Lausanne |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2020/02/12 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2014/04/24 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | anxiety disorders; autobiographical memory; cognitive behavioral therapy; episodic memory; explicit memory; obsessive-compulsive disorder; panic disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder |
| Volume: | 8 |
| First Page: | 131-1 |
| Last Page: | 131-19 |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Research Department of Neuroscience |
| Fakultät für Psychologie, Klinische Psychologie & Psychotherapie | |
| Sonderforschungsbereich 1280, A13 - Extinktion im therapeutischen Kontext | |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 3.0 Unported - Attribution 3.0 Unported |
