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As memórias traumáticas não são relembradas da mesma forma que as agradáveis: as pessoas podem vivenciar a memória como fragmentos desconexos de sensações, emoções, cheiros ou imagens que fazem com que o corpo reviva a ameaça passada. Filmstax/E+ via Getty Images

August 24, 2026

Psicóloga explica como e porquê as memórias traumáticas costumam ser fragmentadas

Michele Patterson Ford, Dickinson College

Quando o relato de uma pessoa sobre um evento traumático parece confuso, ela pode estar vivenciando as nuances de como seu cérebro processa o trauma

Traumatic memories are not recalled the same way pleasant memories are. Filmstax/E+ via Getty Images

August 19, 2026

Traumatic memories are often fragmented – a psychologist explains how and why that happens

Michele Patterson Ford, Dickinson College

When a person’s story about a traumatic event seems fuzzy, they may be experiencing the nuances of how their brain processes trauma.

Resolutions often rely on willpower to push through or follow through, but research shows they usually don’t work. Guillermo Spelucin Runciman/iStock via Getty Images

January 15, 2026

New Year’s resolutions usually fall by the wayside, but there is a better approach to making real changes

Michele Patterson Ford, Dickinson College

New Year’s resolutions typically fade so quickly that there is a ‘Quitter’s Day’ named after them, for the second Friday in January. But small actions and shifts in mindset can have much longer-lasting beneficial effects.

Taylor Swift, one of millions of Americans who has struggled with an eating disorder. AP Images/Invision/Charles Sykes

February 24, 2020

Eating disorders are about emotional pain – not food

Michele Patterson Ford, Dickinson College

As National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is observed Feb. 24-March 1, here are some things to consider.

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