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Analysis is Far, romance is Near: http://www.physorg.com/news...

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I was not on beta blockers during the Challenger crash,but was taking them on 9/11 when the Empire State building was knocked down."We predicted that, relative to placebo, [memory inhibitor] propranolol would impair memory for information central to the story line, but not memory for peripheral story details in men. Conversely, propranolol would impair memory for peripheral details, but not for central information in women. Here we confirm this prediction."

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