Considerable progress has been made over the past 20 years in relating specific circuits of
the brain to emotional functions. Much of this work has involved studies of Pavlovian or …

The field of neuroscience has, after a long period of looking the other way, again embraced
emotion as an important research area. Much of the progress has come from studies of fear …

抄録< jats: title> Abstract</jats: title>< jats: p> While the amygdala has long been known to
be involved in emotional processes, studies of fear conditioning have provided the most …

A neurobehavioral system approach to conditioned and unconditioned fear is presented. By
employing reproducible fear behaviors in Pavlovian conditioning and unconditioned fear …

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in the neural basis of emotion. Much
of this enthusiasm has been triggered by studies of the amygdala and its contribution to fear …

Converging evidence now indicates that the amygdala plays a crucial role in the
development and expression of conditioned fear. Conditioned fear is a hypothetical …

In recent years, much progress has been made in elucidating the neural system underlying
classic fear conditioning, a well-defined behavioral model of emotional learning and …

), extensive research in many laboratories has attempted to determine the role (s) of the
amygdala in learning and memory. In recent years, many studies have investigated …

This review summarizes the latest developments in our understanding of amygdala
networks that support classical fear conditioning, the experimental paradigm most commonly …

experiment with “Little Albert.” In this experiment, Albert, a normal and healthy child
attending day care, was shown a white rat by Rayner. Not surprisingly, Albert's first reaction …