Dr. Ya’akov Chernes on memory, trauma, and the brain’s role in shaping experiences

Expert tells ‘Post’ why brain remembers pain and why it must forget ...
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Processing traumatic memories during sleep leads to changes in the brain associated with improvement in PTSD symptoms

Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient’s brain, shifting from ...
Psychology Today

Trauma's Negative Impact on Working Memory

During my dissertation research on combat veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS), I realized that when discussing traumatic events that lead to PTS, the victim often has a hard time describing the ...

Award-Winning Hypnotherapist Publishes Guide on PTSD and Trauma Resolution Without Re-Traumatization

Hypnotherapist Mark Stubbles details the non-vocal Rewind Technique for PTSD, backed by a Cardiff University trial, ...
Medical Xpress

Traumatic memories are represented differently than sad memories in the brains of people with PTSD, research shows

A new analysis of the brain activity of people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the first to reveal that traumatic memories are represented in the brain in an entirely different way than ...