During trauma, the amygdala becomes highly active, processing emotions such as fear, and the hippocampus becomes overwhelmed ...

Naina Adil’s Kokh is a layered work of contemporary Urdu fiction that explores childhood trauma, memory, sexuality, mental ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Memories and photos both can misrepresent the past. Westend61 via Getty Images In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder ...

A new study suggests the moments that follow a distressing episode are more memorable than the moments leading up to it. The results add to our understanding of how trauma impacts memory and may ...

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Childhood trauma predicted less pleasure in looking ahead only when one memory region worked poorly with the brain's reward ...

A new study shows that when individuals with PTSD recall traumatic events, each person displays different brain activity, which is markedly different from when they recall a sad or neutral memory.

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In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...