Why Trauma Affects Some People Differently Than Others
An interview with neuroscientist Daniela Schiller about the mechanisms underlying trauma and how trauma experiences can differ.
Memory and Trauma: We Are More than What We Remember
An interview with neuroscientist Daniela Schiller about how current neuroscience research relates to psychotherapy and the close connection between memory and narrative.
How the Brain Stores Traumatic Memories
An interview with neuroscientist Daniela Schiller, co-author of a recent study offering evidence that the brain encodes traumatic memories differently from other memories.
Making Uncertainty Your Friend
Current research explains how our nervous system responds to uncertainty and offers ways to reduce the anxiety and stress of not knowing.
The Healing Power of Poetry: Appreciating a Primal Pleasure
One of our earliest and most fundamental pleasures as humans is the sensory delight of language. Studies are finding that reading and writing poetry can have a therapeutic effect.
Kidnapped by Depression
Can ancient myths and recent findings from neuroscience help us find a different perspective about depression?