About this episode
This episode is a recording of the talk The Neuroscience of Trauma: From Trigger Warnings to PTSD with Dr. Larry Sherman, a neuroscientist at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. In this talk, Larry describes a lot of things related to trauma and PTSD, including his own family experience with the condition, conditioned fear response, fMRI studies, epigenetics, and proven methods of treatment.
This event was held on November 17, 2015.
Note: Unlike other episodes of this podcast, we have NOT included slides along with the audio. Sorry.
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As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.
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