Traumatic memories easier to recall than happy ones
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Memories of traumatic events are not suppressed by the people who experienced them but can be recalled clearly, according to Canadian researchers.
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People with slower reaction times and bad memories are more likely to die from a heart attack, a study suggests.
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Experiences, not material goods, often make the most memorable gifts.
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Scientists say they have located the parts of the brain that help us &#39;unlearn&#39; our fears. One of the main areas involved is the same as that used to learn fears in the first place, experiments by the New York University team showed.
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Hearing aids can reduce brain strain and allow people to remember things better. Bodyhack reports from AAAS in San Francisco.
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A new report finds that soldiers who suffered concussions in the war were at higher risk for post-traumatic stress disorder than those with other injuries.
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The areas of the brain involved in learning fears have been known, but new research now identifies the areas involved in extinguishing those fears.
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Patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) -- those with severe brain damage who demonstrate intermittent awareness of their environment -- may retain some degree of cognitive function, even though they can't follow simple instructions or communicate, the findings from a small study suggest.
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Try as you like, it's hard to erase traces of a traumatic past.
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Women who are distraught after breaking up with a romantic partner show brain changes that are not seen in women less upset by a romantic rift, researchers report.
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Traumatic brain injury, described as the signature wound of the Iraq war, may be less to blame for soldiers' symptoms than doctors once thought, contends a provocative military study that suggests post-traumatic stress and depression often play a role.
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Sometimes, when you're living through an event, you can be too close to what's happening to realize the magnitude of it.
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Washington - Stress activates an enzyme in the brain which interferes with short-term memory and other functions of the prefrontal cortex, located just above the eyes, in rats and monkeys, according to a US study published on Friday.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to dampen down the impact of bad memories in people's brains.
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Electrical stimulation of areas deep within the brain could lead to improved memory, research suggests.
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People who are often stressed out or  depressed are far more likely to develop memory problems than  those with sunnier dispositions, U.S. researchers said on  Monday in a finding that sheds light on early predictors of  Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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NEW YORK  - Steroids may have a role in the   treatment of anxiety disorders like posttraumatic stress   disorder (PTSD), according to studies in mice, which indicate   that glucocorticoids, a type of steroid, impair the recall of   established fear memories.