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Differences in recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2009 |
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When a child experiences a traumatic event, such as sexual abuse, it may not be until well into adulthood that they remember the incident. It is not known how adults are able to retrieve long-forgotten memories of abuse and ...
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Forget all about it: Traumatic memories can be erased
Nov 09, 2009 |
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It is well known that fear memories are permanent. However, a recent paper in Science, evaluated by three Faculty Members for F1000, reports an extraordinary finding that supports the use of a drug to control recollections of tra ...
Scientists study social memory formation
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A team of Canadian and French scientists has identified the internal part of the prefrontal cortex as key to memorizing social information.
Researchers use new method to probe recollections in memory-impaired patients
Feb 04, 2008 |
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Neuroscientists continue to debate whether or not long-term memory always depends on a region of the brain called the medial temporal lobe, which contains the brain’s memory-processing center, the hippocampus. A new study ...
The power of suggestion: Researchers look at why suggestive therapy may prompt false memories
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Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychologist Elke Geraerts of the University of St Andrews has carried out a study of the difference between memories recalled by patients through suggestive therapies, compared with more natural recollections.
Research suggests that children's memory may be more reliable than adults' in court cases
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Mar 06, 2008 |
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The U.S. legal system has long assumed that all testimony is not equally credible, that some witnesses are more reliable than others. In tough cases with child witnesses, it assumes adult witnesses to be more ...
Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People who seed their life with frequent moments of positive emotions increase their resilience against challenges, according to a new study by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill psychologist and ...
Anticipation Plays a Powerful Role in Human Memory
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Psychologists have long known that memories of disturbing emotional events - such as an act of violence or the unexpected death of a loved one - are more vivid and deeply imprinted in the brain than mundane recollections ...
Lies my parents told me: New study shows parents use deception to influence their children
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Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents say that honesty is the best policy, but they regularly lie to their children as a way of influencing their behaviour and emotions, finds new research from the University of Toronto and the University ...
Stress during pregnancy has detrimental effect on offspring
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Stress during pregnancy can have unfortunate consequences for children born under those conditions – slower development, learning and attention difficulties, anxiety and depressive symptoms and possibly even autism.
How accurate is your memory?
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Aug 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child did you hate brussel sprouts? Do you remember such a preference or did your parents remind you afterwards, ensuring a lasting dislike of the vegetable? Or do you have a phobia in adult life, ...
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