How stress hormones promote brain's building of negative memories

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 19:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists have discovered a key component to better understanding how traumatic memories may be strengthened in women. Their study's findings suggest that developing clinical treatments that could lower norepinephrine levels immediately following a traumatic event might offer a way to prevent this memory-enhancing mechanism from occurring.

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