TRAUMA FROM CLIMACTIC EVENTS IMPACTS HOW OUR BRAINS WORK. NEW RESEARCH FROM UC SAN DIEGO. THE RESEARCHERS STUDIED THREE GROUPS OF PEOPLE FROM THE 2018 CAMP FIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. TWENTY-SEVEN PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE FIRE, 21- INDIRECTLY AND 27 NOT EXPOSED AT ALL. WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED SHOWED A DECLINE IN COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF DECISION MAKING AND UNDERLYING BRAIN FUNCTION. RESEARCHERS ARE NOW TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW CLIMACTIC TRAUMA AFFECTS DECISION MAKING AND THAT COULD LEAD TO NEW TREATMENTS.