New research into the brain’s capacity for storing fear holds promise for treating post-traumatic stress syndrome, among other fears that lurk in our minds and can haunt our lives.
The new study results appear in the current issue of Nature Neuroscience. According to PhysOrg.com:
The research focused on the brain's amygdala, which has previously been shown to store fear memories. However, prior studies have indicated that the amygdala does not discriminate among the different threats it holds and processes. In other words, whether you are afraid of dogs because you were once bitten by a dog or you are afraid of pizza because you once nearly choked to death eating it, all the amygdala remembers is that both of these experiences were scary. By contrast, other brain areas, such as cortex, ensures that all other aspects of these fearful events in your life are remembered.
New evidence, however, points to the amygdala being able to make distinctions among the fear memories it holds and retrieves.
Click here for the PhysOrg.com article.
2 comments:
thanks for sharing, greg. right up my mental alley.
Glad it is helpful, Colleen. Always a pleasure to have you visit (although I haven't been too active lately). Hope all is well with you.
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