The Origin and Potential Pre-Disposition of Trauma

Zoe Marie
4 min readFeb 21, 2020
Primarily genetic, environmental, or both?

A 2013 study documented by psychiatrists Brian G Dias and Kerry J Ressler, used electrical currents on the feet of male mice to harm them, while infusing their cage with a distinctive cherry blossom scent. Over several repetitions, the mice then associated the smell of cherry blossom with pain.

When exposed to the same cherry blossom scent, the 1st generation offspring of…

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