The Amygdala : A Discrete Multitasking Manager / edited by Barbara Ferry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbara Ferry

Contributor:

Ferry, Barbara, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 420 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Amygdala

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2012

Rijeka : IntechOpen, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Among the components of the limbic system, the amygdala is a fascinating structure that is involved in the processes of liking and disliking and in the ways our emotions drive our actions and affect the strength of our memories. Combined with new conceptual breakthroughs, the very latest data obtained by leading world experts in amygdala function that are reviewed in this book have helped to understand how the amygdala contribute to these processes and also to a variety of neurological and neuropsychiatric pathologies. Of course, due to the rate of research advancement, all the chapters presented here correspond to precise questions addressed by experts using highly specific techniques. Therefore, each chapter should be viewed as pieces of a puzzle that represent all the different research areas that have to be taken into consideration in discussing the role of the amygdala in emotion and memory. Although the primary goal of this book is to inform experts and newcomers of some of the latest data in the field of brain structures involved in mechanisms underlying emotional learning and memory, we hope it will also help to stimulate discussion on the functional role of the amygdala and connected brain structures in these mechanisms.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789535142621

9535142623

9789535109082

9535109081