Multisensory processing of emotional cues predicts intrusive memories after virtual reality trauma.

ABSTRACT: Research has shown that high trait anxiety can alter multisensory processing of threat cues (by amplifying integration of angry faces and voices); however, it remains unknown whether differences in multisensory processing play a role in the psychological response to trauma. This study examined the relationship between multisensory emotion processing and intrusive memories over seven days following exposure to an analogue trauma in a sample of 55 healthy young adults. We used an adapted version of the trauma film paradigm, where scenes showing a car accident trauma were presented using virtual reality, rather than a conventional 2D film. Multisensory processing was assessed prior to the trauma simulation using a forced choice emotion recognition paradigm with happy, sad and angry voice-only

SUBMITTER: Heffer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442266 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature