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The amygdala and reward
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The amygdala -- an almond-shaped group of nuclei at the heart of the telencephalon -- has been associated with a range of cognitive functions, including emotion, learning, memory, attention and perception. Most current views of amygdala function emphasize its role in negative emotions, such as fear, and in linking negative emotions with other aspects of cognition, such as learning and memory. However, recent evidence supports a role for the amygdala in processing positive emotions as well as negative ones, including learning about the beneficial biological value of stimuli. Indeed, the amygdala's role in stimulus-reward learning might be just as important as its role in processing negative affect and fear conditioning.
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“Amygdala and striatum have a well-documented anatomic connectivity (29) and show a tight functional coupling in stimulus–reward association and stimulus–cue devaluation (30).”
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- Authors
- Baxter, M. G., & Murray, E. A.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Published
- 2002-07-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 563-573
- ISSN
- 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0048
- OpenAlex
- W2085971650
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- FWCI
- 3.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- amygdala, reward, positive emotions, fear conditioning, emotional learning, memory, emotion and cognition
- MeSH terms
- Amygdala, Animals, Haplorhini, Association, Behavior, Animal, Choice Behavior, Discrimination Learning, Photic Stimulation, Reward, Smell, Prefrontal Cortex, Rats
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