A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...

Scores on a memory test dropped as football experience rose, and the pattern held across thousands of former players. This trend was the focus of a large analysis of retired American football players ...

During my dissertation research on combat veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS), I realized that when discussing traumatic events that lead to PTS, the victim often has a hard time describing the ...

Traumatic experiences can have ripple effects that permeate across many aspects of people's lives. For students, adverse childhood experiences have been shown to impact attention, memory, language ...

In the midst of assault, the brain's fear circuitry takes over while other key parts are impaired or even effectively shut down. This is the brain reacting to a life-threatening situation just the way ...

Women are more likely than men to develop PTSD. Social factors and trauma type play important roles. But researchers have long wondered about the role of biology.

Brain trauma does not always leave a visible mark, but it can quietly reshape the way a person thinks, reacts, and relates to others. Families often describe it as living with someone who “looks the ...

Expert tells ‘Post’ why brain remembers pain and why it must forget ...