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Acute stress has been shown to prevent mice from forming specific memories, instead leading to more generalized memories ...

Depression disrupts the body's stress systems, causing physical health risks like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, and reducing life expectancy by 7-10 years.

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Stress is a double-edged sword when it comes to memory: stressful or otherwise emotional events are usually more memorable, but stress can also make it harder for us to retrieve memories. Now, ...

A team of scientists at HSE University, in collaboration with the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of ...

No one likes high-stress situations. However, when you prepare in advance, you can turn these moments into unique ...

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If anxiety is an issue, learning the skills to manage it is hugely important, says the consultant clinical psychologist Dr ...