<< back to list
Conference: Convergence & Emergence : 3rd National USABP Conference
Presenter: van der Kolk: Bessel
Date: June, 2002 Location: Johns Hopkins University: Baltimore MA, USA Type: Paper
Lecture title: Beyond the talking cure: Somatic experience: Subcortical imprints and the treatment of trauma Format: Proceedings: pp 89-112
Research in laboratories devoted to elucidating human memory processes have consistently shown that memory is an active and constructiive process. Memories are trnasformed into stories hat we tell ourselves and others, in order to convey a coherent narrative of our experience of the world. ... However, learning from individuals who have been diagnosed with PTSD confronted us with the fact that, after having been traumatized, particular emotions, images, sensations, and muscular reactions related to the trauma may become deeply imprinted on people's minds and that these traumatic imprints seem to be re-experienced without appreciable transformation months, years, or even decades after the actual event occurred.
Author's institution: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Contact: www.usabp.org Language: English Country origin: USA
Entry number: 2020 English version:
Entry source: Courtenay Young Entered by: Courtenay Young Entry date: 15 June 2002
Key Phrases: Trauma - Brain - Memory - Research References: Other information:
