The Amygdala Where Emotions Shape Perception, Learning and Memories

• Other Authors: Ferry, Barbara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2017
• Subjects: Cellular physiology; stress, memory, hippocampus, basolateral amygdala, anxiety, cognition
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The amygdala is a central component of the limbic system, which is known to play a critical role in emotional processing of learning and memory. Over these last 20 years, major advances in techniques for examining brain activity greatly helped the scientific community to determine the nature of the...