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The Human Amygdala
Building on pioneering animal studies, and making use of new, noninvasive techniques for studying the human brain, research on the human amygdala has blossomed in recent years. This comprehensive volume brings together leading authorities to synthesize current knowledge on the amygdala and its role in psychological function and dysfunction. Initial chapters discuss how animal models have paved the way for work with human subjects. Next, the book examines the amygdala's involvement in emotional processing, learning, memory, and social interaction. The final section presents key advances in understanding specific clinical disorders: anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia, autism, and Alzheimer's disease.
429 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 3, 2009
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November 9, 2019
I took upon reading this book, right after the mind-blowing Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. I thought I would gather more info about what I just learned about fear modulators and how our brain consolidates scary memories.
The pros:
Lots of relevant information about the function - and also the dysfunction - of the amygdala.
The cons: The part aimed to explain scientific data could most definitely use the interpretative skills of a good science narrator - like my personal hero Robert Sapolsky. There are too many unnecessary inserts in the text. They could have been cleaned up and put at the end of the book with the rest of the references and acknowledgements. In the book text, often times the reference inserts take 85-95% of the whole sentence, leaving the actually valuable text obscured by endless strings of "Somebody et. al., 2007". Please guys, science data is hard to understand as it is, why make it even harder?
If you really want to impress your friends with casual knowledge on the amygdala - this book is for you. For everyone else - please check Stress and Your Body.
The pros:
Lots of relevant information about the function - and also the dysfunction - of the amygdala.
The cons: The part aimed to explain scientific data could most definitely use the interpretative skills of a good science narrator - like my personal hero Robert Sapolsky. There are too many unnecessary inserts in the text. They could have been cleaned up and put at the end of the book with the rest of the references and acknowledgements. In the book text, often times the reference inserts take 85-95% of the whole sentence, leaving the actually valuable text obscured by endless strings of "Somebody et. al., 2007". Please guys, science data is hard to understand as it is, why make it even harder?
If you really want to impress your friends with casual knowledge on the amygdala - this book is for you. For everyone else - please check Stress and Your Body.
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June 8, 2018Las pruebas de la capacidad de la amígdala para detectar estímulos emocionalmente competentes (EEC) de manera inconsciente vinieron primero dle trabajo de Paul Whalen.
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August 9, 2010
Collection of white papers. Dry, but some good recent research.
October 1, 2013
An incredible resource!
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