The human brain changes after experiencing a plane crash

The brains of people who have experienced plane accidents become especially sensitive to negative reactions while normal people do not .

Aircraft accidents change human brain activity

According to Science Aleart, scientists photographed the brains of eight volunteers recalling the 2001 Atlantic crash .

The brain regions participate in the formation of emotional reactions in the volunteer group.(Photo: Science Alert)

The team asked volunteers to review the scene of their plane about to fall and recount the incident, during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain region. Scientists also showed them the September 11 attack, which happened three weeks after their plane crashed, and another normal event to check the brain's reaction process .

The results showed that while the flashback of the flight, the brain region formed the emotional reactions of the brightening volunteer group, including the amygdala amygdala, hippocampus hippocampus, the prefrontal and posterior brain regions. The same phenomenon occurs when they watch the 9/11 attack. However, this phenomenon does not appear when they view other normal events.

" The horrific accident still haunts them, whether they have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ," Daniela Palombo, head of the research team, works at Baycrest Health Science Center, Canada. said. This study was published June 24 in the journal Clinical Psychological Science.

"They still remember printing that event as it happened yesterday, even though it happened a decade ago (brain scan research conducted in 2011). Normal experiences will fade over time, but experience deep pain in the brain. "

The team also conducted tests for people who had never experienced a fatal accident and the results showed that their brains did not react like a volunteer group.

"Test results show that the fear of death flight has changed the way volunteers receive new information, making them especially sensitive to terrible and negative events." , the team explained.

The results provide scientists with extremely important information about how the brain works and stores memories that cause trauma as well as PTSD.