Scientists challenge The Body Keeps the Score with a new predictive model of trauma

Scientists challenge The Body Keeps the Score with a new predictive model of trauma

A recent theoretical paper published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience suggests that psychological trauma is not literally stored in the tissues of the body. Instead, the authors propose that trauma creates a rigid pattern of threat prediction within the brain, reducing cognitive flexibility. This updated perspective provides evidence that therapies focusing on mental state shifting, such as flow states, may help retrain the nervous system an…