Relación de la percepción de amenaza y de sesgos de la memoria implícita con características fenomenológicas de la memoria autobiográfica en el marco de una exposición a eventos traumáticos

Carlos Reyes; Amalio Blanco; María José Martos; Rubén Blanco

doi:10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.6953

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Relation of Perception of Threat and Biases of Implicit Memory with Phenomenological Characteristics of Autobiographical Memory in the Context of Exposure to Traumatic Events

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.6953

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Published: Jul 21, 2020

Issue: Vol. 38 No. 2 (2020): Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana

Section Artículos

Keywords: Traumatic events; threat; perceptive priming; autobiographical memory

Authors

Carlos Reyes
Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, sede Ecuador

Amalio Blanco
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

María José Martos
Universidad de Málaga

Rubén Blanco
Hospital Universitario “Ramón y Cajal”

Abstract

Holmes and Rahe (1967) recognize that traumatic experiences are independent of the emotional valence of the event, and the perception of threat has an impact on how these experiences are processed. Perceptual priming studies have identified that people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have advantages in processing traumatic information. On the other hand, studies in the autobiographical memory of trauma report that some phenomenological characteristics are distinctive to the memory of positive events. This study aims to explore the implicit memory bias and its relationship with the phenomenological characteristics of autobiographical memories in a non-clinical population and to evaluate what happens when a threat is perceived. We evaluated 42 university students, who were asked to describe an autobiographical positive or traumatic event and the perceived threat level of it. The results evidenced significant differences in perceptual priming as a function of the perceived threat of the event and allowed to identify an inverse relationship between priming and recurring conver- sations about the event. The implications of these results are discussed in the line of memory and trauma studies.

Author Biographies

Carlos Reyes, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, sede Ecuador

Docente e investigador del Programa Andino de Derechos Humanos en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, sede Ecuador.

Amalio Blanco, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Catedrático de Psicología Social en Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España

María José Martos, Universidad de Málaga

Secretaria Académica, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Psicología Social, Antropología Social, Trabajo Social y Estudios de Asia Oriental, Universidad de Málaga, España.

Rubén Blanco, Hospital Universitario “Ramón y Cajal”

Hospital Universitario “Ramón y Cajal”.

How to Cite

Reyes, C., Blanco, A., Martos, M. J., & Blanco, R. (2020). Relation of Perception of Threat and Biases of Implicit Memory with Phenomenological Characteristics of Autobiographical Memory in the Context of Exposure to Traumatic Events. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana, 38(2). https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.6953

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