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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
In humans, the emotional nature of stimuli appears to have a complex influence on long-term declarative memory for those stimuli: Whereas emotion enhances memory for gist, it may suppress memory for detail. On the basis of prior studies, the authors hypothesized that the amygdala helps mediate the above 2 effects. Long-term memory for gist and for visual detail of aversive and neutral scenes was assessed in 20 subjects with unilateral amygdala damage and 1 rare subject with bilateral amygdala damage. Comparisons with 2 control groups (15 brain-damaged and 47 healthy) provided evidence that bilateral, but not unilateral, damage to the amygdala results in poorer memory for gist but superior memory for visual details. The pattern of findings provides preliminary support for the idea that the amygdala may help filter the encoding of relevant information from stimuli that signal threat or danger.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0735-7044
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
983-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Amygdala, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Arousal, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Avoidance Learning, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Brain Damage, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Concept Formation, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Discrimination Learning, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Dominance, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Emotions, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Mental Recall, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Pattern Recognition, Visual, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Psychosurgery, pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Retention (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:11584931-Temporal Lobe
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The amygdala's role in long-term declarative memory for gist and detail.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA. ralph-adolphs@uiowa.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.