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More importantly, think what this implies for people undergoing extreme stress, whatever its cause. For example, how much previously-learned information drops away during social upheaval or disasters? Would it be possible to look at No Child Left Behind testing in the lower 9th Ward from before Katrina and now? Also what about someone who listens to media day after day that tells him or her that the country is falling apart and the newly elected government is responsible? What hormones are are stirred up after a daylong exposure to talk radio?