A clinical psychologist who coauthored the original dual representation theory of post-traumatic stress disorder. The account distinguishes verbally accessible recollections from representations activated by situational cues. This proposed difference explains how deliberately describing an event can diverge from involuntary reliving; it is a theoretical account of human memory, not a demonstration of two isolated anatomical stores.[ref]
A dual representation theory of posttraumatic stress disorder by Chris R. Brewin and others. 1996, original theoretical distinction, pp. 670–686
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