The precise functional role of the hippocampus remains a topic of much debate. The dominant
view is that the dorsal (or posterior) hippocampus is implicated in memory and spatial …

Successful social interaction partly depends on appraisal of others from their facial appearance.
A critical aspect of this appraisal relates to whether we consider others to be trustworthy. …

We have studied patients with variable degrees of left hippocampal and amygdala pathology
who performed a verbal encoding task during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI…

A fast, subcortical pathway to the amygdala is thought to have evolved to enable rapid
detection of threat. This pathway's existence is fundamental for understanding nonconscious …

The influence of emotion on human memory is associated with two contradictory effects in
the form of either emotion-induced enhancements or decrements in memory. In a series of …

Shannon's information theory provides a principled framework for the quantitative analysis
of brain responses during the encoding and representation of event streams. In particular, …

Multiple surgical targets for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder with deep brain stimulation
(DBS) have been proposed. However, different targets may modulate the same neural …

Functional MRI (fMRI) of cognitive tasks depends on technology widely available in the clinical
sphere, but has yet to show a role in the investigation of patients. We report here the first …

Despite accumulating evidence for a reconsolidation process in animals, support in humans,
especially for episodic memory, is limited. Using a within-subjects manipulation, we found …

Introduction. To survive, an organism must remember occurrences of value in its environment.
These include those that pose a threat to survival, novel or unexpected stimuli, or a …