Controlling our brain's perception of emotional events
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 07:56
in Psychology & Sociology
Research performed by Nicole Lauzon and Dr Steven Laviolette of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario has found key processes in the brain that control the emotional significance of our experiences and how we form memories of them. A lack of proper brain function in this area is what lies beneath such conditions as schizophrenia and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In people who suffer from these conditions emotional experiences can become distorted, causing the person to 'lose touch' with reality. The findings have been published online by The Journal of Neuroscience...
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