The United States of Amnesia??? go Gore.
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 05:36:26PM +0000, Carl Remick wrote:
> [Score one for GWB & Co. Perhaps this supposedly "subtle" memory/learning
> impairment will make it easier to redeploy the troops to Iran.]
>
> August 2, 2006
>
> Study Links Military Duty in Iraq to Lapse in Some Mental Ability
>
> By BENEDICT CAREY
>
> A large study of Army troops found that soldiers recently returned from duty
> in Iraq were highly likely to show subtle lapses in memory and in ability to
> focus, a deficit that often persisted for more than two months after they
> arrived home, researchers are reporting today.
>
> But the returning veterans also demonstrated significantly faster reaction
> times than soldiers who had not been deployed, suggesting that some mental
> abilities had improved.
>
> The slight deficit, often unnoticed by the soldiers, could make it difficult
> for some of them to learn and remember information as quickly as they are
> accustomed to, the authors said. ...
>
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/health/psychology/02psych.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
>
> Carl
>
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