Lucy Matson

This is my first, first-author publication (🎉) which you can find in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders! A massive thank you to my supervisors and co-authors for all of your support @ella_moeck @MelTakarangi

Our findings provide novel insight into disgust’s relevance to trauma-related intrusion symptoms. Disgust is not explicitly recognised as a relevant emotion in PTSD diagnostic manuals, nor is it as successfully addressed (compared to fear) in PTSD treatments.

Disgust reactions occur during/following traumatic events, and disgust uniquely predicts overall posttraumatic stress symptoms. But how do trauma-related disgust reactions relate to intrusions—a hallmark PTS symptom? We addressed this question here: doi.org/10.1016/j.janx…

We found disgust reactions uniquely predict problematic intrusion characteristics (e.g., distress), intrusion symptom severity, and overall PTS symptoms, over and above fear reactions. Also, disgust propensity (frequency/ease in experiencing disgust) predicts disgust reactions.

Participants reported disgust reactions, PTS symptoms and up to 3 intrusions in relation to a recent traumatic event. We also measured fear reactions to understand the clinical significance of our disgust-related findings, because fear is an emotion robustly associated with PTSD.

I had a fantastic time at @Psychonomic_Soc Conference in Boston over the weekend, learning about new research in cognition as well as presenting some of my latest research ‘(Mis)Remembering Disgust vs. Fear’! #psynom22

Enjoyed presenting my latest research at @expsyaunz today. “Re-experiencing Disgust in Personal Trauma”. Special thanks to my supervisors @MelTakarangi and @ella_moeck, and the entire Forensic and Clinical Cognition Lab for their support!

Showcasing work by @Toribridgland, @MelTakarangi, @ella_moeck, @deannemgreen, @DianeNayda, @_tay_louise, @LucyAnnMatson, & @NadineHutchison at @Flinders

The team’s back together 😍 @deannemgreen @ella_moeck @DianeNayda @Toribridgland @taylorswain1 @NadineHutchison @LucyAnnMatson

Check out the Takarangi lab's new blog, where our PhD students talk about their adjustment to working from home. @Toribridgland @NadineHutchison @LucyAnnMatson @DianeNayda @taylorswain1 @MelTakarangi melanietakarangi-lab.com/working-from-h…

Hijinks and hilarity at the lab Christmas party... we celebrated an awesome year 🥳 Grateful for these ones @deannemgreen @DianeNayda @ella_moeck @SashaNahleen @Toribridgland @taylorswain1 @lucy_a_matson @HutchisonNadine