Abstract
Music and the Brain, Literally
Highlights
Work by my lab and others has made a lot of progress in pinpointing the neural system centered on the amygdala that is involved in the learning and storage of emotional fear memory, as well as the synaptic, cellular, and molecular mechanisms involved
In the early fall of 2006 I was invited to give a lecture on my work on emotions and the brain to the Secret Science Club
We played some covers (Manic Depression, 19th Nervous Breakdown) and a couple of original tunes I wrote (Mind Body Problem, All in a Nut- the latter being about the amygdala, which is named after the Greek work for almond)
Summary
Work by my lab and others has made a lot of progress in pinpointing the neural system centered on the amygdala that is involved in the learning and storage of emotional fear memory, as well as the synaptic, cellular, and molecular mechanisms involved (for reviews see: LeDoux, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007a,b; Walker et al, 2003; Maren and Quirk, 2004; Rodrigues et al, 2004; Fanselow and Poulos, 2005; Maren, 2005; Phelps and LeDoux, 2005; Sah et al, 2008; Pape and Pare, 2010; Tully and Bolshakov, 2010). Other times I am rehearsing or playing with my friends and band mates in The Amygdaloids (www.amygdaloids.com). In the early fall of 2006 I was invited to give a lecture on my work on emotions and the brain to the Secret Science Club.
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