Cognitive flexibility in PTSD individuals following nature adventure intervention: is it really that good?

摘要: Previous studies have found that PTSD is associated with hippocampal-related impairment in cognitive flexibility. However, little known about this following nature adventure interventions. The current ex post facto study aimed to examine the relationship between flexibility, sailing-based intervention and symptoms. Thirty-nine individuals diagnosis (17 who engaged sailing 22 did not engage sailing) 38 healthy control (18 20 completed a performance-based reversal learning paradigm assess flexibility were evaluated for PTSD, depressive anxiety results revealed significantly lower levels of trait symptoms PTSD-sailing group, compared PTSD-no-sailing group. In addition, both groups showed selective, though different, impairments learning. Specifically, selective reversing outcome negative stimulus- they struggled learn previously stimulus was later positive outcome. individuals, on other hand, displayed had difficulty may suggest although participated clinical symptoms, their hippocampal related mot improved, exists different domain.