Episodic memory is emotionally laden memory, requiring amygdala involvement

Behav Brain Sci. 2020 Jan 3:42:e299. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19001857.

Abstract

The memory impairment of neurological and psychiatric patients is seen as occurring mainly in the autobiographical-episodic memory domain and this is considered to depend on limbic structures such as the amygdala or the septal nuclei. Especially the amygdala is a hub for giving an emotional flavor to personal memories. Bastin et al. fail to include the amygdala in their integrative memory model.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Amygdala
  • Emotions
  • Humans
  • Memory Disorders
  • Memory, Episodic*
  • Mental Recall