From the Elsevier press release: Sleep is crucial for consolidating our memories, and sleep deprivation has long been known to interfere with learning and memory. Now a new study shows that getting… Read more »
From the Washington State University press release: Increasing the amount of time spent asleep immediately after a traumatic experience may ease any negative consequences, suggests a new study conducted by… Read more »
From the Yale University press release: Researchers at Yale and elsewhere previously identified a host of genetic risk factors that help explain why some veterans are especially susceptible to the… Read more »
From the Stanford Medicine press release: It’s neither uncommon nor especially worrisome for people to lose themselves in a great book or a daydream. But it’s disconcerting when feeling transported… Read more »
From the Baylor University press release: People who did not have a large heart rate response to a stress task surprised researchers later — after the onset of the COVID-19… Read more »
From the University of Basel press release: The endogenous regulation of a specific gene is associated with a reduced risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder following a terrifying experience. In… Read more »
From the University of Copenhagen press release: The global COVID-19 pandemic has affected the physical lives of most people. But now there are also indications that the pandemic has negative… Read more »
From the BMJ press release: Cyberbullying — bullying online rather than face to face — is linked to various types of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, both for victims… Read more »
From the McLean Hospital press release: Results from a new study suggest that whether certain genes are expressed — turned on or off — may play a role in susceptibility… Read more »
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Traumatic stress can cause aggression by strengthening two brain pathways involved in emotion, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. Targeting those pathways via… Read more »
