Emotional impact of 9/11 attacks seen in brain's response to negative visual images
Friday, September 9, 2011 - 22:30
in Psychology & Sociology
In the wake of the 10th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks, new research reveals how the attacks impacted the psychological processes of those not directly exposed to the event. The study, which focused on college students in Massachusetts, found that even those who were not directly connected to New York or Washington showed increased stress responses to run of the mill visual images.