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. 1997 May 1;7(5):R311-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00146-1.

Emotional memory: what does the amygdala do?

E A Phelps  1 , A K Anderson
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Review

Emotional memory: what does the amygdala do?

E A Phelps et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

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.

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