When you experience an emotionally traumatic event, the way you remember the event is very different from the way you remember a non-traumatic event. Why? Because trauma memories are stored in a different parts of the brain than...

People with social anxiety disorder fear negative criticism in social and performance situations. You fear that you will act in a way that is humiliating or embarrassing. To deal with your fear, you develop safety behaviors to eliminate...

Memory does not work like a video tape – it is not stored like a file just waiting to be retrieved. Instead, memories are formed in networks across the brain and every time they are recalled they can be subtly changed. So if these...

‘Art cannot explain things but it can expose them – that’s why art here is so important and necessary,’ says Doris Salcedo as she takes us on a tour of Bogotá and her studio. The Colombian sculptor’s works are poetic memorials to the...

Treating Trauma: Expert Insights on Top 3 Therapies

What happens to your mind if you don't sleep? Not enough sleep affects your memory. One of the things that can happen if you don’t sleep it changes your thinking abilities and impairs your memory.
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This is an affirmation meditation, to savor each moment of each day. This affirming meditation is designed to give your the script for positive self-talk. It is also a self-reflection meditation, as there are questions at the end for...

If I were a freshman again. What would I do differently? What advice would I have for myself? In this video I explain what I wish I new when I was 18

Recent scientific research has shown us the benefits of sleep. And we're increasingly aware that good sleep is crucial to memory and learning. Of course, just getting lots of sleep isn't going to get you good grades. You need to...

As you read this text, your eyes transmit signals to your working memory, briefly storing each word to ensure you comprehend the sentence without confusion. The reason you understand what you read lies in your long-term memory — or so...

UC Irvine memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus describes a collaboration she was involved in on neuroimaging studies that demonstrated the strong similarity between neural activity when recounting true and false memories.

Neurofeedback therapy could replace exposure therapy for people with trauma-related psychiatric conditions. But will it work?

Jennifer Groh describes how neuroscientists have learned both that the hippocampus is vital for memory and that our precise location directly affects how well we remember, leading her to speculate on a link between space and the faculty...

Neuroscientist Alcino Silva (UCLA) describes his fascinating research in manipulating certain memories in laboratory mice.

UC Irvine psychologist Elizabeth Loftus describes how her experience in the trial of George Franklin, who was accused of a crime based upon the outcome of so-called “repressed memory therapy” led her to her own research on implanting...

UC Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker describes how current research on the function of sleep supports the age-old notion that it is a good idea to sleep on a problem.

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) reveals the social fallout resulting from so-called "repressed memory therapy."

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) describes how she developed the idea of deliberately planting false memories in subjects.

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) discusses some current research ideas related to memory and brain imaging, and stresses the importance of educating people on the malleability of memory from a young age.

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) speculates on the sudden boom in so-called "repressed memory therapy" that led to a spate of accusations of past abuses.

What makes a marriage last? And what must we give up to grow up? In Mrs Dalloway, Woolf explores the personal and social dimensions of marriage in the 1920s. The question is: have things changed much in the 21st century? Join us for a...

Beyond our physical selves, we’re made up of other, more mysterious things - like memories and dreams. As time passes, we inevitably change, which is a source of stress for many. Woolf explores these complex ideas in Mrs Dalloway by...

This lesson will give you an overall plot summary of Mrs Dalloway. Watch as Clarissa obsessively and meticulously plans a beautiful party for all her glittering, upper class guests. But she has a nagging sense that this...

A Boltzmann brain is not real, but what’s fascinating about it is that it thinks it’s real, and all the memories and experiences it has are real. But, of course, this brain is not real. But how would such a brain know that its memories...