Sex, Stress and Memory

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The paper describes the chemical process of the brain whereby memory is affected by stress. It discusses several experiments which were carried out to determine whether stress effects the brains of men and women differently. The paper explains that the results showed that the effect was purely chemical and not psychological and therefore it did not differentiate between the sexes.

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"It is important to note that stress is not age-restrictive. Young children are as susceptible to stress as adults. Some of the things that have been known to cause stress in young children are changing schools, problems with peers, injuries or severe illness, recent move to a new home, loss of anything valuable to the child, parents' divorce, separation or marital conflict, inadequate physical resources-food, clothing, shelter, etc., recent death of a loved one-parent, grandparent, sibling, friend, constant fatigue brought about by inadequate rest, sleep or recreation, regular conflict between your child and another family member, close friend or school teacher."

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