PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a real-world example of the combination of emotion and memory. Unfortunately, memory appears to be greatly affected by the emotional depth of an event and this combination can be very unforgiving when the event is of a highly traumatic nature. PTSD is most often thought of as a carry-over from a military war-time experience but research has found that PTSD can result from abuse, exposure to natural disasters or any number of other emotionally charged events.
http://www.medicinenet.com/posttraumatic_stress_disorder/article.htm
Go to the link above to read more about PTSD.
Answer the following questions before class on Tuesday:
What is PTSD?
What are the symptoms?
What causes PTSD?
Briefly explain how memory and emotion relate to PTSD.
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