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Obama: Task Is to Save More Miners' Lives From Being Lost

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 04/26/2010 - 2:00am

President Obama says the coal miners who died in a West Virginia mine lived and died pursuing the American Dream.

At a memorial service in Beckley Sunday, Obama told the families of the workers killed in the Upper Big Branch mine that the nation would honor their memories by improving safety in the mines.

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Emotions Outlast The Memories That Drive Them

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 04/12/2010 - 10:01pm

A study of patients with amnesia finds that the emotion tied to a memory lingers in the mind even after the memory is gone.

This study has considerable implications for patients with Alzheimer's and their families.

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Well-timed timeout could wipe out memory of fear

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Thu, 04/02/2009 - 12:30pm

Banishing a fear-inducing memory might be a matter of the right timing, according to new research. Marie Monfils, an assistant professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, has taken advantage of a key time when memories are ripe for change to substantially modify memories of fear into benign memories and to keep them [...]



 

Hit & run victim remembers husband

KVUE - Austin  Mon, 11/26/2007 - 9:00pm

Gloria Rodriguez says she and her husband Antonio held hands briefly as they were driving back to Austin from San Antonio last week. Those are the last memories she has of her husband.