Emotional memory: what does the amygdala do?

Recent studies of the human amygdala have shed new light on its roles in two distinct, but related processes: emotional memory and the evaluation of emotional stimuli.

• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Current Biology

• Publication date

  1997-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00146-1PMID 9115384
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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• Emotional memory and the evaluation of emotional stimuli are presented as distinct but related processes linked to the human amygdala.

  Confidence 0.88

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• The human amygdala is implicated in both emotional memory and the evaluation of emotional stimuli.

  Confidence 0.95

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• emotional memory

  cognitive process

  Memory for events or experiences that carry emotional significance.

  Aliases: emotion-related memory

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• evaluation of emotional stimuli

  cognitive process

  The appraisal or assessment of stimuli that evoke emotional responses.

  Aliases: emotional stimulus evaluation, appraisal of emotional stimuli

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• human amygdala

  brain structure

  A paired structure in the medial temporal lobe of the human brain that is associated with processing emotion-related information.

  Aliases: amygdala

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