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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #33488 Medium Net Loss
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* Click on the words that are different from what you hear
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Some things are hard to remember. Others are hard to forget—especially things that are traumatic. But kids, it turns out, are better than adults at forgetting the bad stuff. Now scientists think they know why. According to an animal study in the September 4th issue of the journal Science, the brains of adults erect physical barriers that keep painful memories intact. As adults, events that emotionally disturb us tend to get seared into our brains. And those memories can resurface, causing anxiety, fear and even post-traumatic stress disorder. But young brains are much more resilient—and can even erase unpleasant memories. To get a better handle on this youthful forgetting, scientists studied the brains of young and old rats.

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