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The amygdala – responsible for memories of reward as well as punishment?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2000

Amanda Parker
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdomaep@psychology.nottingham.ac.uk

Abstract

Rolls's proposal that the amygdala is critical for the association of visual objects with reward is not consistent with recent ablation evidence. Stimulus-reward association learning is more likely to depend on basal forebrain efferents to the inferior temporal cortex, some of which pass through the amygdala. It is more likely that the amygdala is involved in rapid modulation of stimulus reward value.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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