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traumatic memory

NOUN
memory trace
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The combination of the drug and the talk therapy is meant to help patients to relive and process their traumatic memory.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 5, 2024

A player’s body can hold onto that traumatic memory by tightening up the next time on the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

"We demonstrated in four mouse models of ASD that a single mild stress can form a traumatic memory."

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024

It works, Dr. Sloan said, much the way other trauma-focused treatments do: by allowing the client to confront the traumatic memory, lessening their fear and avoidance, and allowing them to identify misconceptions like self-blame.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

When Casiano returned, she said she has vomited on a regular basis since the birth and subsequent death of her child, as a bodily reaction to the traumatic memory.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2023


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