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A critical period for the impact of amygdala damage on the emotional enhancement of memory?

From the Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Philip Shaw, Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, PO Box 68, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK; e-mail: p.shaw{at}iop.kcl.ac.uk

The amygdala is crucial in modulating enhanced memory for emotionally arousing material. The authors provide evidence that unilateral lesions of the human amygdala arising early in development, but not in adulthood, are associated with a loss of the expected superior retrieval of emotionally arousing over neutral material. This adds to evidence for an early critical period in the development of amygdala function.

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The authors declare no conflicting interests.

Received December 4, 2004. Accepted in final form April 13, 2005.