Why Are Traumatic Memories So Hard to Change?

Dr. Irena O’Brien
Most of us have heard that memory works like a reconstruction project: every time we recall something, we piece it together from fragments rather than pressing play on a perfect recording. That’s why memories can change over time and why they are sometimes unreliable. But new research on how the brain stores traumatic events shows […] The post Why Are Traumatic Memories So Hard to Change? appeared first on The Neuroscience School .