Little did I know that after broaching this idea on an article that explored how trauma manifests itself in intense physical, perceptual, and emotional reactions to everyday things, I would experience the absolute worst trauma imaginable since that fateful day when my world turned into a nightmare...
The reptilian brain is most closely linked to sensorimotor or body processing. Examples of reptilian brain functions include: reflexes or instinctive trauma responses such as fight, flight, or freeze, startle responses, crying for help, aggression, and urges to hoard resources. It also controls auto...
“We are learning more about how people exposed to trauma learn to distinguish between what is safe and what is not. Their brain is giving us insight into what might be going awry in specific mechanisms that are impacted by trauma exposure, especially when emotion is involved,” said Suarez-...
Let’s take a closer look at some of the latest findings about how music can enhance the health and function of the brain. Why Musicians Have Healthier Brains For evidence of how music affects the brain, it makes sense to look at the brains of people who play a lot of music — profess...
What differentiates the generally calm individual from the chronically anxious person is not necessarily that one has "high" vs "low" amygdala function, but specifically the way in which the amygdala communicates with the "thinking part" of the brain. How does the brain think it through to modu...
It has been proven that a traumatized brain works differently than a normal brain. Visit us today to learn about the effects of trauma on the brain.
Health & Medicine Trauma and stressor related disorders How does acute stress affect the brain?Question:How does acute stress affect the brain?Acute Stress:Acute stress most commonly refers to the sudden stress response to an immediate danger, fear for a loved one in danger, or shocking news ...
The findings, published on January 10 in the journalMolecular Psychiatry, have prompted Huggins and her lab to start looking for what comes first: a smaller cerebellum that might make people more susceptible to PTSD, or trauma-induced PTSD that leads to cerebellum shrinkage. ...
VICARIOUS TRAUMA IN PUBLIC SERVICE LAWYERING: HOW CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO TRAUMA AFFECTS THE BRAIN AND BODYMegan ZwisohnWayne HandleyDanielle WintersAlyssa ReiterUniversity of Richmond
Exposure to trauma can be life-changing—and researchers are learning more about how traumatic events may physically change our brains. But these changes are not happening because of physical injury; rather, the brain appears to rewire itself after these