Memory Recognition Performance in Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: An fMRI Study.

This study aimed to investigate differences in verbal episodic memory and brain functioning during a word recognition task in women who have survived intimate partner violence compared to a control group of women. All participants carried out a violence and mental health assessment, which included q...

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Publicado en:Journal of Interpersonal Violence Vol. 41; no. 13/14; pp. 4260 - 4286
Autores principales: Pérez-González, María, Daugherty, Julia, Hidalgo-Ruzzante, Natalia, Pérez-García, Miguel, Verdejo-Román, Juan
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Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Jul2026
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          University of Granada, Spain
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        Psychology of abused women
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        Alcohol drinking
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        Data analysis
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        Scientific observation
        Asphyxia
        Default mode network
        Descriptive statistics
        Chi-squared test
        Severity of illness index
        Magnetic resonance imaging
        Neuropsychological tests
        Research methodology
        Statistics
        Short-term memory
        Brain injuries
        Comparative studies
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      ab: This study aimed to investigate differences in verbal episodic memory and brain functioning during a word recognition task in women who have survived intimate partner violence compared to a control group of women. All participants carried out a violence and mental health assessment, which included questionnaires measuring the severity of intimate partner violence, possible traumatic brain injury and strangulation, adverse childhood events, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety, depression, and alcohol consumption. All participants also carried out a verbal episodic recognition task consisting of two learning trials. The verbal episodic memory test included both a free recall and a recognition trial, conducted concurrently with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Survivors of intimate partner violence showed higher levels of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptomology. Significant differences were found between groups in verbal episodic memory, such that intimate partner violence survivors performed with lower scores in initial recognition trials and free recall. Lower scores in recognition were associated with a greater severity of physical intimate partner violence. Notably, survivors showed greater deactivation in areas related to the anterior default mode network during the fMRI verbal recognition task compared to the control group. Our findings suggest an association between intimate partner violence and memory tasks, such that survivors show poorer performance in verbal learning and increased brain deactivation during this task. More research is needed to understand the implications of these findings on daily living, such as levels of fatigue and efficacy in completing tasks in which verbal memory is necessary (such as remembering a grocery list).
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