Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

In The Cognitive-Emotional Brain (Pessoa 2013), I describe the many ways that emotion and
cognition interact and are integrated in the brain. The book summarizes five areas of …

Efforts to bridge emotion theory with neurobiology can be facilitated by dynamic systems
(DS) modeling. DS principles stipulate higher-order wholes emerging from lower-order …

Emotional arousal strengthens memory. This is most apparent in aversive conditioning, in
which the stress-related neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE) enhances associations …

The locus coeruleus norepinephrine (LC-NE) system plays a broad role in learning and
memory. Here we begin with an overview of the LC-NE system. We then consider how both …

Lindquist et al. provide a convincing case against what they call the locationist account of
emotion. Their quantitative approach elegantly illustrates the shortcomings of this still …

Recent models posit that bursts of locus ceruleus (LC) activity amplify neural gain such that
limited attention and encoding resources focus even more on prioritized mental …

Emotion enhances our ability to form vivid memories of even trivial events. Norepinephrine
(NE), a neuromodulator released during emotional arousal, plays a central role in the …

The cognitive and emotional effects of amygdala or frontal cortex lesions were compared in
rats trained to time both a 50-s visual signal paired with food and an embedded 10-or 20-s …

Lee et al.(2017) show that in the basolateral amygdala (BLA), fear and reward are encoded
by phasic activation of distinct populations of neurons, while anxiety results in persistent …