Neurocognitive, emotional and neuroendocrine correlates of exposure to sexual assault in women

Background:

Survivors of sexual assault are vulnerable to long-term negative psychological and physical health outcomes, but few studies have investigated changes in cognition, emotional processing and brain function in the early stages after sexual assault. We used a multimodal approach to identify the cognitive and emotional correlates associated with sexual assault in women.

Methods:

Twenty-seven female survivors of sexual...