Enlightening Frightening Memories And Anxiety In The Brain’s Memory Centre
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 12:50
in Psychology & Sociology
It is well established that the hippocampus is central for learning and memory, encoding mnemonic data about past experiences and connections. However, the role of the hippocampus in emotional processes is less clear; although there have been inklings of evidence in the past suggesting that the hippocampus does indeed play a role in fear and anxiety. Perhaps the link between the hippocampus and anxiety can be best seen in human cases of trauma, where previous traumatic experiences are encoded in memory (likely in the hippocampus). This memory can contribute to an individual’s tendency to associate specific contexts or cues with the traumatic experience. read more