Study reveals how brain reward circuitry builds psychological resilience

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Study reveals how brain reward circuitry builds psychological resilience

New research has uncovered that how the brain responds to anticipated rewards plays a key role in building psychological resilience after a traumatic experience.

How the brain responds to positive emotions is key to resilience after trauma, WTC responder research shows

New research has found that how the brain responds to anticipated rewards plays a key role in building psychological resilience after a traumatic experience. The findings from the new study among 9/11 responders, appearing in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, support the premise that the capacity to notice and respond to positive information in the environment may buffer the negative effects of substantial trauma ex…