http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/strong-%e2%80%98gut-feeling%e2%80%99-keeps-some-memories-vivid/ Research news from leading universities Sat, 25 May 2013 21:24:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/strong-%e2%80%98gut-feeling%e2%80%99-keeps-some-memories-vivid/comment-page-1/#comment-114002 Maureen E Ellis PhD Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:18:12 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=129082#comment-114002 The importance of emotional content and strength of memory consolidation was established in the late 1970's - 1980's by early behavioral neuroscientists working with much more primitive technology. The literature is quite extensive from that era of neuroscience research involving the aversive information processing substrates of learning and memory; e.g., neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine in stressful event learning. The amygdala has been long known as a key "flight / fight " neurosubstrate subserving retention and retrieval of intense experiences. These are not new findings, but, "what goes around, comes around" with advanced technology. In the early 1980's when I, near completion of my doctorate, was presenting my poster at a Society for Neuroscience meeting as 'new findings,' an older man perused my poster and told me that he had published something similar over 20 years previously. Now, I am that older scientist looking at fresh, young publications with conclusions that I published over 30 years ago! The importance of emotional content and strength of memory consolidation was established in the late 1970′s – 1980′s by early behavioral neuroscientists working with much more primitive technology. The literature is quite extensive from that era of neuroscience research involving the aversive information processing substrates of learning and memory; e.g., neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine in stressful event learning. The amygdala has been long known as a key “flight / fight ” neurosubstrate subserving retention and retrieval of intense experiences. These are not new findings, but, “what goes around, comes around” with advanced technology. In the early 1980′s when I, near completion of my doctorate, was presenting my poster at a Society for Neuroscience meeting as ‘new findings,’ an older man perused my poster and told me that he had published something similar over 20 years previously. Now, I am that older scientist looking at fresh, young publications with conclusions that I published over 30 years ago!

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