Emotionally arousing events are recalled better than neutral events. This phenomenon, which helps us to remember important and potentially vital information, depends on the activation of noradrenergic transmission in the brain. Here we show that a deletion variant of ADRA2B, the gene encoding the alpha2b-adrenergic receptor, is related to enhanced emotional memory in healthy Swiss subjects and ...

This article looks at the initial return of Holocaust survivors to six shtetls: Izbica and Biłgoraj in eastern Poland; Iŭje Mir western Belarus; Berezne Brody Ukraine. Focusing on period between liberation 1944 end this phase first returns 1948, we investigate strategies that returning adopted keep safe, reclaim their property, confront implicated neighbors. Based oral testimonies survivors, as...

Emotionally arousing events are recalled better than neutral events. This phenomenon, which helps us to remember important and potentially vital information, depends on the activation of noradrenergic transmission in the brain. Here we show that a deletion variant of ADRA2B, the gene encoding the a2b-adrenergic receptor, is related to enhanced emotional memory in healthy Swiss subjects and in s...

The United States built Fort Snelling at the confluence of Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in 1820s. Initially conceived as a means to protect American interests region, fort was used military operations across multiple wars until it decommissioned 1946. This essay examines fort’s role expansion, particularly through lens US–Dakota War 1862. In wake war, Dakota survivors were forced spend wint...

This article explores the post-war history of largest mass murder site in Lithuania, Ponar, and attempts by Jewish survivors to commemorate Holocaust victims during period Soviet occupation (1944–1990). The research shows that spite ruling authorities creating significant obstacles for small population hold commemorations over course various physical transformations remained one most symbolic i...