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Stress Hormone Cortisol Rewires the Brain to Strengthen Emotional Memories
Cortisol strengthens emotional memories by reshaping how brain networks for emotion and memory work together. Stress does not strengthen every memory equally. New research suggests that cortisol, a hormone released during stressful situations, changes brain activity in ways that strengthen memories of experiences a person finds emotionally intense. Yale researchers found that cortisol affected two [...]
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