A growing body of research suggests astrocytes, star-shaped brain cells once dismissed as support players, may lead the way ...

Trauma can reanimate after a brain injury. I found that this type of "unhealing" is not discussed during neuro-rehab.

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 ...

Why is the timing of trauma so important? New research shows that estrogen levels in the hippocampus at the moment of stress ...

Dissociation, or episodic feelings of detachment, is common, particularly in people with trauma or post-traumatic stress ...

Playing Tetris could help reduce distressing memories of trauma, a study has found. Health workers who played the classic computer game as part of their treatment experienced fewer flashbacks, ...

In the study, participants’ traumatic memories were first reactivated, and only then was brain stimulation applied — precisely at the stage when the memory is in a “flexible” state and amenable to ...