Table 1.
Example of a neutral and a “traumatic” picture story including the presented priming objects.
Figure 1.
Examples of the objects presented in the picture stories, perceptual priming task, and recognition task.
Table 2.
Salivary Cortisol in nmol/l at pre- and posttreatment in the four conditions.
Figure 2.
Cortisol effects on perceptual priming: In the placebo group participants in the “traumatic” stories condition showed more perceptual priming for the neutral objects than participants in the neutral stories condition, indicating a strong perceptual priming effect for neutral stimuli presented in a “traumatic” context.
In the cortisol group this effect was not present: Participants in the neutral stories and participants in the “traumatic” stories condition in the cortisol group showed comparable priming effects for the neutral objects.
Table 3.
Sensitivity (d’) and response bias (c) in the recognition memory test in the four conditions.