Stress impairs your brain’s ability to link memories — dampening insight

Stress has widespread effects on the brain. Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo Library Acute stress makes it difficult to link memories of past events with fresh information, a study 1 suggests. The results help to explain why people struggle to show insight under pressure. The study, published today in Science Advances , combined brain imaging and psychological testing to show how stress disrupts people’s ability to tap into records of previous experiences and make deductions. …