ed memory and reduced forgetting of trauma-related words (e.g., Amir. Mc- Nally. & Wiegartz. 1996: McNally. Metzger, Lasko, Clancy. & Pitman. 1998: Paunovic, Lunclh, & Oest. 2002). One possible explanation of such findings is that traumatized individuals, especially those with PTSD. develop semantic ne