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Imagery Deficits as an Under-Recognized Consequence of Childhood Trauma

2025-10-08

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<p>Childhood trauma is highly prevalent, affecting over half of adults, yet its impact on mental imagery remains largely unexplored. Here we report a novel link between childhood adversity and impaired mental imagery. We examined imagery deficits in a community sample (N=317) using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and Plymouth Sensory Imagery Questionnaire. Severe emotional abuse was strongly associated with acq...

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Literature Corpus work: 45667a4b-ec28-553d-888b-57ca10084aff
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/r7bvq_v1

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