News tagged with emotional events
Dietary fats trigger long-term memory formation
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Having strong memories of that rich, delicious dessert you ate last night? If so, you shouldn't feel like a glutton. It's only natural.
Controlling our brain's perception of emotional events
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Research performed by Nicole Lauzon and Dr. Steven Laviolette of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario has found key processes in the brain that control the emotional significance ...
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The memories you want to forget are the hardest ones to lose
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may be the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina ...
Research shows a link between alcoholism and memory
Sep 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Sussex leading expert on the psychological effects of drinking told an audience at the BA Festival of Science this week that the effect alcohol has on memory could contribute to alcoholism.
New understanding of how we remember traumatic events
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered a new way to explain how emotional events can sometimes lead to disturbing long term memories.
War, genocide 'difficult knowledge' to teach younger students
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Whether they're found in a museum or a textbook, historical narratives about traumatic events such as war and genocide are better left to older students, who have typically developed a more refined historical ...
Women exposed to negative life events at greater risk of breast cancer
Aug 23, 2008 |
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Happiness and optimism may play a role against breast cancer while adverse life events can increase the risk of developing the disease, according to a study by Professor Ronit Peled, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...
Independent brain pathways generate positive or negative reappraisals of emotional events
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Scientists now have a better understanding of how the human brain orchestrates the sophisticated pathways involved in the regulation of emotions. The research, published by Cell Press in the September 25th issue of the journal ...
Moral philosopher questions memory manipulation
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician?
Employee's loyalty to workplace damaged by unfair treatment
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2009 |
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A new study reveals that unfair treatment of employees is damaging to mental health.
Aging brains allow negative memories to fade
Dec 16, 2008 |
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It turns out there's a scientific reason why older people tend to see the past through rose-coloured glasses.
Are teenagers wired differently than adults?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Parents have long suspected that the brains of their teenagers function differently than those of adults. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, we have begun to appreciate how the brain continues to develop ...
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