Friday, September 11, 2009
Psychological Repercussions of September 11th Attacks
The New York Times reports on the work of therapists and mental health specialists who dealt with the trauma and the methods of treatments that followed the terrorist attacks.THE HIDDEN FACE OF FEAR tells us the stories of several New Yorkers who were treated after September 11th, and how scientists can now link memory, fear and trauma to particular parts of the brain in order to cure patients. Labels: 9/11, neuroscience, psychology, trauma
Brain research and memory
The New York Times reports that scientists in Brooklyn, NY are experimenting with a drug that will have the ability to erase specific memories such as traumas and chronic fears.For an accessible, yet very informative, introduction to the circuitry of the brain and how memory and fear work, THE HIDDEN FACE OF FEAR studies the traumatic impact of 9/ll on New Yorkers featuring interviews with leading researchers, including neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux and Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist Eric R. Kandel.Labels: 9/11, biology, Eric R. Kandel, fear, Joseph LeDoux, memory, neuroscience, New York Times
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