2023
Hippocampal Mechanisms Support Cortisol-Induced Memory Enhancements
Sherman B, Harris B, Turk-Browne N, Sinha R, Goldfarb E. Hippocampal Mechanisms Support Cortisol-Induced Memory Enhancements. Journal Of Neuroscience 2023, 43: 7198-7212. PMID: 37813570, PMCID: PMC10601369, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0916-23.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMemory enhancementEpisodic memoryAssociative memoryEpisodic memory encodingBrain regionsHigh-resolution functional magnetic resonance imagingHuman hippocampusHigh-resolution fMRIStress-related hormone cortisolHormone cortisolMemory benefitsEmotional memoryMemory encodingEmotional eventsEmotional associationsHippocampal representationsHippocampal signaturesFunctional neuroimagingHippocampal mechanismsStressful eventsFunctional connectivityHippocampal functionMemory formationSalient information
2021
Elemental and configural threat learning bias extinction generalization
Goldfarb EV, Blow T, Dunsmoor JE, Phelps EA. Elemental and configural threat learning bias extinction generalization. Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory 2021, 180: 107405. PMID: 33609739, PMCID: PMC8076085, DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtinction generalizationCompound cueNegative emotional eventsTime of learningGroups of participantsMultitude of detailsThreat conditioningElemental learningAversive outcomesEmotional eventsExtinction strategiesExtinction taskAversive eventsEmotional experienceThreat responsesEmotional responsesAbsence of shockCuesMemorySingle representationParticipantsLearningToneImportant implicationsExtinction