A Clinical Study of Islanders to Determine Adverse Effects of Benzodiazepines and Mood-Related Memories on Memory Recall Performance

Benzodiazepines have shown to disrupt the positive effects of long term potentiation between cells on memory recall and learned associations. By differentiating the adverse long term effects of Alprazolam (long-term) and Triazolam (short-term), a better diagnosis may be administered to patients to mitigate any damage to the brain’s metacognition and memory recall ability. Further research has also shown that simply recalling specific memories that are associated with strong emotions will cause said emotions to be materialized in present time and influence future thoughts for a short period (approximately 10 minutes). The presence of happy emotions and sad emotions are of interest and are known to affect memory recall significantly, thereby driving the question, what are the effects on memory recall performance from benzodiazepines after being primed with a happy or sad memory? This clinical study would show if the mood of memories aiding or hindering memory recall are independent of other factors, if benzodiazepines effectiveness are not only reliant on a participant’s tolerance but also their mood, and finally the possibility of strengthening or worsening memory recall performance when presented together beyond the known response with the use of benzodiazepines or mood related memories on their own.