21.   That traumatic memory returns to haunt them in adulthood, when their parents die in an auto accident.

22.   The last two years have seen an explosion of research in how traumatic memories are stored, lost and sometimes found and in how false memories can form.

23.   Traumatic memories continually bulldoze their way into the present.

24.   Van der Kolk said his examination of Shahzade led him to believe that she had suffered the psychiatric effects of traumatic memories she had repressed.

25.   What do we know about traumatic memories and where does that knowledge end and speculation begin?

26.   While research shows that traumatic memories do tend to be remembered more accurately than ordinary memories, all conscious memory is subject to some distortion, researchers agree.

27.   Yet the cues that elicit traumatic memories may differ for different people exposed to the same events.

28.   The images of America in crisis brought back traumatic memories for some whose war-torn nations had finally earned a measure of peace.

29.   But in Phnom Penh, residents took in the news of the death with delight mixed with traumatic memories.