Emotional Trauma
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Inducing Emotions
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2023
Source: William Brady & Jay Van Bavel—New York University Psychologists have long known that people behave differently in good moods versus bad moods, and this general principle extends to consumer behavior. Economists, as well, have come to appreciate that an individual’s financial decisions are not solely the result of extensive cost-benefit calculations; other factors like emotion are at play. Further, incidental emotions affect the behavior of buyers and sellers even though they are...
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Use of a Psychophysiological Script-driven Imagery Experiment to Study Trauma-related Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder
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2018
We present a protocol of personalized script-driven trauma-related imagery and clinical assessments within a comparison design for investigating peritraumatic dissociation (PD), psychophysiological reactions, i.e. heart rate (HR) and skin conductance (SC), and psychological features of often severely traumatized individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
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Pseudofracture: An Acute Peripheral Tissue Trauma Model
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2011
Pseudofracture, a reproducible murine model of sterile musculoskeletal trauma, allows for evaluation of late term post-traumatic immune responses. This article describes the procedural execution of the model step by step, including the potential for experimental model combinations to permit study of multiple trauma.
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Brain Imaging Investigation of the Impairing Effect of Emotion on Cognition
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2012
We present a protocol that allows investigation of the neural mechanisms mediating the detrimental impact of emotion on cognition, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. This protocol can be used with both healthy and clinical participants.
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The Emotional Stroop Task: Assessing Cognitive Performance under Exposure to Emotional Content
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2016
The emotional Stroop effect (ESE) is the result of longer naming latencies to ink colors of emotion words than those of neutral words. This report refers to potential sources of confounding and includes a modal experiment that provides the means to control for them.
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When stress-response systems remain highly activated, a person may stay unusually alert even after the original threat has passed. This pattern can contribute to hyperarousal, difficulty regulating emotions, and heightened sensitivity to reminders. Understanding persistent activation helps psychologists distinguish ongoing trauma-related distress from short-term reactions and identify coping strategies that support a greater sense of safety.
Trauma-related distress may involve intrusive memories as well as avoidance of situations, thoughts, or feelings connected with the experience. These patterns can make reminders feel overwhelming or lead someone to distance themselves from the event emotionally. In psychological care, recognizing both intrusion and avoidance helps guide emotional processing while respecting the person’s current ability to cope.
Recovery does not follow one uniform course because people differ in how they respond to overwhelming experiences and in the support available to them. Emotional regulation, perceived safety, coping skills, and social support can all shape the process. Research examines these individual differences to clarify why some people experience persistent distress while others regain stability more readily.
Careful assessment considers patterns such as hyperarousal, intrusive memories, emotional numbing, avoidance, and difficulties with safety, emotion regulation, or relationships. It also examines how these experiences affect the person’s functioning and coping. This broader view supports trauma-informed care, which avoids reducing the individual to a symptom list and helps identify appropriate priorities for support.
Trauma-informed care commonly emphasizes strengthening safety and coping before asking a person to engage deeply with distressing material. When appropriate, care can then support emotional processing while also drawing on social support. These priorities provide a structured way to respond to trauma-related difficulties and help match the pace of intervention to the person’s capacity to manage emotions.
The topic is relevant when psychologists study post-traumatic stress, developmental adversity, or other conditions involving prolonged psychological distress. It also informs interventions designed to improve safety, coping, emotional processing, and relationships. Examining these areas helps connect observed patterns of distress with practical care approaches and supports research into why outcomes vary across individuals.