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Traumatic experiences can affect children's memories, according to new research from Stanford University.

• Dr. Victor Carrion and his colleagues tested 16 children ages 10 to 17 years old, who had Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS), and 11 children without the syndrome.
• Researchers monitored brain responses using magnetic resonance imaging as the children tried to remember lists of words.
  
• The children in the PTSS group suffered poor memory, and the hippocampi in their brains did not activate as often as those in the control group.

Dr. Carrion said he is hopeful that this research may help children who survive natural disasters and other traumas. The study appeared in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

Labels: stress, brain_function, trauma

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