Neuroscientists Show How Brain Stores Memories of Specific Fears

(PhysOrg.com) -- The brain is capable of holding and retrieving memories for specific fears, revealing a more sophisticated storage and recall capacity than previously thought, neuroscientists have found. The study, which appears in the journal Nature Neuroscience, may have implications for treating post-traumatic stress syndrome -- as scientists begin to understand how different fears are stored in the brain, they can move toward addressing specific fear memories.

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