13 November 2023
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST

Session Description
Memory is the foundation of fear and anxiety, and understanding its mechanisms may help counteract their effects. Neuroscientists will discuss ways virtual reality can unravel persistent phobias and share new research into the long-lasting protective effect of social companionship against anxiety. Researchers will also explain the role of infantile amnesia — the process, observed across species, in which events experienced in early life are not consolidated into persistent memories — in our development of fear and anxiety.