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Brain imaging
Coverage of Brain imaging in the Nexus archive.
- Stress impairs your brain’s ability to link memories — dampening insight
New imaging research published in Nature reveals that acute stress impairs the brain's ability to link memories together, which explains why people struggle to make inferences and gain insights after stressful events like job interviews. The study provides neurological evidence for why cognitive performance declines during and after periods of acute stress.