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Nytimes article title: >Memory Grow Stronger

Actual study: >mitigates the negative consequences of chronic stress

This is like saying that not pooping makes you gain weight, when the study is on how much you eat affects the weight of your poop.

Noncongruent.

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Not really. The abstract of the study specifically lists improved memory as one of the effects the mice experienced. There are obviously lots of caveats you could list (e.g. it's only shown to help mice with chronic stress, not people or even mice in general), but it doesn't seem incongruous the way you're describing.

I don't understand and I hope it doesn't mean I have a concussion.

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