News tagged with emotional events


Sleep preserves and enhances unpleasant emotional memories

A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to suggest that a person's emotional response after witnessing an unsettling picture or traumatic event is greatly ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Birth control pills affect memory, study finds

Women who use contraceptives like birth control pills experience memory changes, according to new UC Irvine research. Their ability to remember the gist of an emotional event improves, while women not using the contraceptives ...

Neuroscience created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers find genetic link to PTSD

(Medical Xpress) -- A team of Swiss and German researchers has found that a certain gene allele can be linked to increased emotional memory retention and because of that appears to be a factor in people who suffer from post ...

Genetics created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Texting doesn't replace the feel-good effects of talking, study says

(HealthDay)—It's hard to quibble with the speed and convenience of connecting through texts and instant messages, but scientists say that today's ubiquitous online social communication may not confer the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study shows exercise may protect against future emotional stress

Moderate exercise may help people cope with anxiety and stress for an extended period of time post-workout, according to a study by kinesiology researchers in the University of Maryland School of Public Health published in ...

Health created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sleep deprivation may lead to higher anxiety levels, fMRI scans show

New research shows that sleep loss markedly exaggerates the degree to which we anticipate impending emotional events, particularly among highly anxious people, who are especially vulnerable.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Voting in national elections causes stress and emotional arousal, study finds

With Election Day 2012 just weeks away, a recent study provides scientific evidence that voting in national elections is actually a stressful event with measurable hormonal changes.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Accentuating the positive memories for sleep

Sleep plays a powerful role in preserving our memories. But while recent research shows that wakefulness may cloud memories of negative or traumatic events, a new study has found that wakefulness also degrades positive memories. ...

Neuroscience created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emergency dispatchers suffer from symptoms of PTSD, study reveals

Dispatchers who answer 911 and 999 emergency calls suffer emotional distress which can lead to symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a new study reports. The research, published in the Journal of Traumatic St ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

REM sleep enhances emotional memories, study shows

(Medical Xpress)—Witnessing a car wreck or encountering a poisonous snake are scenes that become etched in our memories.

Neuroscience created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Teenage girls and senior students suffered highest levels of PTSD after major earthquake

Teenage survivors of a major earthquake experienced high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with girls and older students being the most severely affected, according to a study published in the November issue ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reduced recognition of fear and sadness in post-traumatic stress disorder

Facial expressions convey strong cues for someone's emotional state and the ability to interpret these cues is crucial in social interaction. This ability is known to be compromised in many psychiatric and neurological disorders, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mental stress may be harder on women's hearts

Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden isn't evenly divided between the sexes; significantly more men than ...

Cardiology created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cardiac disorder may affect broader range of patients than previously reported

Stress cardiomyopathy (a transient form of acute heart failure triggered by stressful events) appears to have clinical characteristics that are broader than reported previously, including younger patients, men, and patients ...

Cardiology created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childhood traumatic experiences associated with adult IBS symptoms

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have a significantly greater prevalence of early adverse life events , including general trauma as well as physical, emotional and sexual abuse, according to a new study in Clinical Ga ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0