Why is the timing of trauma so important? New research shows that estrogen levels in the hippocampus at the moment of stress ...

This post was co-written by Dr. Deryn Strange, professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College. Our memories are not perfect reconstructions of the past. Instead, remembering a past event is a ...

Severe stress, as experienced in natural disasters and mass shootings, can cause long-lasting memory problems, and high levels of estrogen in the brain can make women particularly vulnerable.