Coronavirus stress

 

The human brains abilities happen because of a complex web of nerve connections. The cortex of the brain controls thinking, planning, focusing, etc. and stress directly effects the cortex, causing it to get all jumbled. The cortex no longer sends signals to the correct parts of the brain.

Scientist did a study on this to see how the stress of COVID-19 effected the brain. They compared it to 9/11 study results, saying how people who were closer to it had more vivid memories of it due to the amygdalae part of their brain, whereas others who were farther away from it didn't use that part of their brain to recall memories. Similar to how people who are at higher risk of catching the virus have higher stress levels. 

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  1. AnonymousOctober 18, 2020 at 8:11 AM

    so stress is related to the amount of risk of the problem for certain people. now here's my funny
    question. if some gets amnesia do you still think they have the same stress levels of that subject as before?

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