Women with PTSD showed reduced 2-back accuracy and slower N-back reaction times, with 2-back slowing linked to avoidance and ...

This post was co-written by Dr. Deryn Strange, professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College. Our memories are not perfect reconstructions of the past. Instead, remembering a past event is a ...

When you’re asked to remember something, does an image pop into your head? Many people’s memories are intricately tied to their use of imagery. In an upcoming Clinical Psychological Science study, ...

Trauma interferes with memory processing and often results in sleep interruptions. EMDR is a specialized trauma treatment that mimics the eye movements of REM sleep.

Trauma doesn’t always end when the danger is over. For many, the body and brain remain locked in survival mode, long after the traumatic event has passed. This is the painful reality of post-traumatic ...

A new lipid-based pathway essential for memory formation has been discovered by University of Queensland researchers—a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder ...

Glial manipulation interferes with the long-term consolidation of fear memories. By artificially manipulating the state of astrocytes, it may become possible to prevent the long-term consolidation of ...

Ever gone blank in an argument? Experts explain how stress and trauma disrupt memory, why the brain "forgets" in heated ...