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. 2012 Jun;35(3):164-6.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001543.

A rapprochement between emotion and cognition: amygdala, emotion, and self-relevance in episodic-autobiographical memory

Angelica Staniloiu  1 , Hans J Markowitsch
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A rapprochement between emotion and cognition: amygdala, emotion, and self-relevance in episodic-autobiographical memory

Angelica Staniloiu et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Lindquist et al. remark that not all fear instances lead to heightened amygdalar activity and, instead, point to roles of the amygdala in detecting "motivationally salient "or "emotionally impactful" stimuli. By reviewing research on the amygdala's functions in episodic-autobiographical memory, we further emphasize the involvement of the amygdala in coding the subjective relevance and extracting the biological and social significance of the stimuli.

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  • The brain basis of emotion: a meta-analytic review.
    Lindquist KA, Wager TD, Kober H, Bliss-Moreau E, Barrett LF. Lindquist KA, et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Jun;35(3):121-43. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11000446. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22617651 Free PMC article. Review.

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