Can we manipulate memory to fight anxiety?

Memory manipulation may seem like science fiction, but this video explains how altering memories to fight anxiety and PTSD could become a reality.

Boston University • futurity
Sept. 18, 2019 ~1 min

9/11 responders show link between PTSD and cognitive decline

"...a significant portion of responders have new onset cognitive impairment when many of them were cognitively normal within just the past few years."

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
Sept. 10, 2019 ~4 min


9/11 stories show how ‘near misses’ can be traumatic

"It's not just 'Did this happen to you?' But 'Did something almost happen to you?'"

Bert Gambini-Buffalo • futurity
July 11, 2019 ~5 min

Can we turn down the emotion on traumatic memories?

Manipulating the brain to take the emotional heft from haunting memories might pave the way for treatments for PTSD and depression, a study with mice shows.

Kat McAlpine-Boston • futurity
May 24, 2019 ~7 min

Hormone duo may protect some women against PTSD

New research could clarify why not all women with traumatic childhoods develop PTSD.

Austin Fitzgerald-Missouri • futurity
April 23, 2019 ~4 min

Ecstasy may reopen brain’s ‘critical period’ to treat PTSD

Ecstasy has successfully treated some people with PTSD. A new study suggests reopening the "critical period" in the brain may be why.

Vanessa Wasta-Johns Hopkins • futurity
April 4, 2019 ~6 min

Do discrimination and PTSD cause pre-term birth?

In 2016, the preterm birth rate among African-American women was 14 percent. A new paper says discrimination and PTSD could be responsible.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
March 24, 2019 ~6 min

Rohingya refugees need mental health treatment and justice

"They killed my people, and we will never get them back—but we want justice..."

Elizabethe Holland Durando-WUSTL • futurity
March 19, 2019 ~12 min


Does PTSD put 9/11 responders at risk of dementia?

Blood samples from 9/11 responders with PTSD symptoms suggest a potential link to dementia.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
March 13, 2019 ~2 min

Brain biomarkers may explain severe PTSD

Researchers may have figured out a key difference between people with severe and more mild PTSD.

Bill Hathaway-Yale • futurity
Jan. 22, 2019 ~3 min

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