The long-term fate of a memory is not exclusively determined by the events occurring at the
moment of encoding. Research at the cellular, circuit, and behavioral levels is beginning to …

We rely on our long-term memories to guide future behaviors, making it adaptive to prioritize
the retention of goal-relevant, salient information in memory. In this review, we discuss …

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 …

Although forgetting is the common fate of most of our experiences, much evidence indicates
that emotional arousal enhances the storage of memories, thus serving to create, selectively …

Memory for emotional events is typically more vivid and accurate than memory for neutral
ones. The modulation model focuses on the consolidation of memory traces to provide a …

Emotional events are often remembered better than neutral events, a benefit that many
studies have hypothesized to depend on the amygdala's interactions with memory systems …

Emotional arousal can produce lasting, vivid memories for emotional experiences, but little
is known about whether emotion can prospectively enhance memory formation for …

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 …

Emotionally arousing material is typically better remembered than neutral material. Since
norepinephrine and cortisol interact to modulate emotional memory, sex-related influences …

Neural circuits associated with motivated declarative encoding and active threat avoidance
have both been described, but the relative contribution of these systems to punishment …