Traumatic memories had their own neural mechanism, brain scans showed, which may help explain their vivid and intrusive nature. By Ellen Barry At the root of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, ...

Scientists at Kessler Foundation reported results from a randomized controlled trial examining the influence of processing speed on treatment benefits of the Kessler Foundation modified Story Memory ...

Your brain works tirelessly throughout the day to keep your body moving in the right direction; therefore, although often ignored, it is important to inculcate certain lifestyle changes into your ...

During my dissertation research on combat veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS), I realized that when discussing traumatic events that lead to PTS, the victim often has a hard time describing the ...

Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient’s brain, shifting from ...

A study published in Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience observed the efficacy of donepezil for addressing persistent verbal memory impairments among individuals with predominantly ...

A new analysis of the brain activity of people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the first to reveal that traumatic memories are represented in the brain in an entirely different way than ...

Researchers say that 'the brain does not treat traumatic memories as regular memories, or perhaps even as memories at all.' By Laura Baisas Published Nov 30, 2023 4:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science ...

Researchers have found that increased neuron formation and the subsequent rewiring of neural circuits in the hippocampus through exercise or genetic manipulation helps mice forget traumatic or ...