Emotional Learning in Humans

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 947-951

  Cahill, L ^a   Anderson, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Attention; Consolidation emotion; Modulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882853277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00759-2     Document Type: Chapter

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