Emotional learning. Fear and loathing in the amygdala.
The amygdala in the brain plays a critical role in learning emotional components of experience, such as conditioned fear; these processes in turn affect many other aspects of memory and cognition.
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Psychology Department, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA.
D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004644:Emotions; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000502:physiology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology
D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate