Specifying the contributions of the human amygdala to emotional memory: A case study

Neurocase

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 527-540

  Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a   Labar, Kevin S ^a,c   Anderson, Adam K ^a   O'Connor, Kevin J ^a   Fulbright, Robert K ^b   Spencer, Dennis D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arousal; Emotion; Emotional memory; Episodic memory; Fear conditioning; Medial temporal lobe epilepsy; Memory; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0032443657     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/4.6.527     Document Type: Article

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