Memory bias for panic-related material in patients with panic disorder

Two experiments investigated memory bias for panic-related material in 40 p atients with panic disorder and 40 healthy control subjects. No memory bias was found on a memory task that tested intentional encoding and explicit r ecall of panic-related versus non-panic-related sentences. In contrast, a s ignificant memory bias was apparent on a memory task requiring classificati on of panic-related and non-panic-related words to test conceptual informat ion processing in implicit memory. Panic patients learned panic-related mat erial better than controls.