The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of Trauma and Memory
Why traumatic memories are stored differently, how flashbacks work, what reconsolidation means for therapy, and why the body remembers what the mind cannot narrate
1,345-word article with 8 Harvard references.
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Traumatic memories are not like other memories. They are encoded under conditions of extreme physiological arousal that alter the normal encoding process, producing memories that are fragmented, sensory-dominant, temporally disorganised, and resistant to verbal narration. This fully referenced article explores why the brain stores traumatic experiences differently, how flashbacks represent the re-experiencing of improperly consolidated memories, and what the science of reconsolidation reveals about the possibility of changing traumatic memories without erasing them.
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