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Event-Related Activation in the Human Amygdala Associates with Later Memory for Individual Emotional Experience

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The role of the amygdala in enhancing declarative memory for emotional experiences has been investigated in a number of animal, patient, and brain imaging studies. Brain imaging studies, in particular, have found a correlation between amygdala activation during encoding and subsequent memory. Because of the design of these studies, it is unknown whether this correlation is based on individual differences between participants or within-subject variations in moment-to-moment amygdala activation related to individual stimuli. In this study, participants saw neutral and negative scenes and indicated how emotionally intense they found each scene. Separate functional magnetic resonance imaging responses in the amygdala for each scene were related to the participants' report of their experience at study and to performance in an unexpected memory test 3 weeks after scanning. The amygdala had the greatest response to scenes rated as most emotionally intense. The degree of activity in the left amygdala during encoding was predictive of subsequent memory only for scenes rated as most emotionally intense. These findings support the view that amygdala activation reflects moment-to-moment subjective emotional experience and that this activation enhances memory in relation to the emotional intensity of an experience.

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Authors
Canli, T., Zhao, Z., Brewer, J., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Cahill, L.
Affiliations
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
Venue
The Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2000-10-01
Volume
20
Issue
19
Pages
RC99-RC99
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W2140577010
Cited by
697
References
25
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 35
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14.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
amygdala, emotional memory, memory encoding, emotional intensity, subjective emotional experience, individual differences, declarative memory, scene perception, memory enhancement
MeSH terms
Amygdala, Brain Mapping, Emotions, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Psychological Tests, Repression, Psychology

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