The Claim

Chronic stress impairs hippocampal-dependent memory and learning while enhancing amygdala-dependent fear and anxiety responses through opposing structural changes in these brain regions.

Source: Physiology and neurobiology of stress and adaptation: central role of the brain.

What the research says

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In plain English

When people are under long-term stress, it makes it harder for them to remember things and learn new stuff, but it makes them more prone to feeling scared or anxious—because stress changes the brain in opposite ways in two different areas.

See the scientific wording

Chronic stress impairs hippocampal-dependent memory and learning, while enhancing amygdala-dependent fear and anxiety responses, due to opposing structural changes in these brain regions.

What the research says

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  1. Study: Physiology and neurobiology of stress and adaptation: central role of the brain.

    Chronic stress can shrink parts of the brain that help you remember things and make you more fearful, and this study says that’s true because stress changes the brain’s structure in those areas.

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