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Yale researchers identify how stress strengthens certain memories

Yale researchers identify how stress strengthens certain memories

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Summary

Researchers at Yale University have identified a mechanism through which cortisol connects brain networks involved in emotion and memory. According to the available information, this mechanism may explain how stress strengthens certain memories.

Details

Researchers at Yale University have identified how stress can strengthen certain memories. At the center of the mechanism is cortisol, a hormone that connects brain networks involved in emotion and memory.

According to the information provided about the study, this link between the two brain networks helps explain why some experiences are encoded more strongly in memory during periods of stress. No further details about the study’s methods or participants were provided.

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The finding offers a possible explanation for how stress affects the strength of specific memories.

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