Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Is your forgetfulness reason for concern?
Do others tell you that you're forgetful? Do you have a hard time remembering names?
Aug 27, 2019
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News tagged with emotional memory
Neuroscience
Researchers discover neural patterns key to understanding disorders such as PTSD
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified for the first time an imbalance in a key neural pathway that explains how some people reactivate negative emotional memories. The finding could help scientists ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Health
Researchers investigate sleep's role in emotional experiences for teens
Researchers at the FIU Center for Children and Families are trying to uncover the role that sleep plays in processing emotional experiences, to improve treatments for youth with anxiety.
Mar 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Exposure to trauma impacts ability to squash bad memories
People exposed to trauma are less able to suppress unwanted emotional memories due to neural and behavioral disruptions in their brain that may contribute to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Mar 4, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Music evokes powerful positive emotions through personal memories
Music is known to evoke emotions through a range of mechanisms. A new study gives insights into the way positive emotional reactions can be triggered by music and pictures.
Dec 12, 2018
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Neuroscience
Opioid users could benefit from meth-relapse prevention strategy, study finds
New research raises the possibility that a wider group of people battling substance use disorders may benefit from a Scripps Research-developed relapse-prevention compound than previously thought.
Sep 17, 2018
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Neuroscience
When emotional memories intrude, focusing on context could help, study finds
When negative memories intrude, focusing on the contextual details of the incident rather than the emotional fallout could help minimize cognitive disruption and redirect the brain's resources to the task at hand, suggests ...
Jun 14, 2018
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Health
Research shows that sexual activity and emotional closeness are unrelated to the rate of cognitive decline
Older people who enjoy a sexually active and emotionally close relationship with their partner tend to perform better at memory tests than sexually inactive older adults on a short-term basis, but this is not the case over ...
May 16, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Emotional suppression reduces memory of negative events
By peering at the brains of study subjects prompted to suppress negative emotions, scientists have gained new insights into how emotional regulation influences negative feelings and memories. The researchers hope the findings ...
Mar 13, 2018
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Neuroscience
People with depression have stronger emotional responses to negative memories
People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than people without the disorder, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. ...
Mar 6, 2018
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