Psychological and neural correlates of embitterment in old age.

Simone KühnSandra DüzelJohanna DreweliesDenis GerstorfUlman LindenbergerJürgen Gallinat

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2018)

The precuneus and uncinate fasciculus are brain regions that have been related to episodic memory retrieval, matching well to the symptoms of intrusive thoughts and an overwhelming preoccupation with the event that caused the PTED. Further longitudinal research is needed to unravel whether these structural correlates represent preconditions or rather the consequence of embitterment. (PsycINFO Database Record

Keyphrases

sleep quality
white matter
resting state
working memory
cross sectional
functional connectivity
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blood brain barrier