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SUMMARY:CSCA Lecture, Prof. dr. W.T.A.M. Everaerd
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Prof. dr. W.T.A.M. Everaerd 
 (UvA)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20041110T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20041110T000000
LOCATION:University Library, Doelenzaal, Singel 42
 5, Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:'Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
 ', a recent movie, presents a romantic and futuris
 tic neuroscience approach to deleting autobiograph
 ical memories. Although the idea of inducing amnes
 ia may be intriguing it seems to be mere speculati
 on in the light of the state of the art in neurosc
 ience. In this lecture I will review the role of a
 utobiographical memories in emotional experience; 
 how do these memories contribute to what is experi
 enced? After that I will discuss an approach to th
 e modulation of emotional memories, which may even
 tually result in the modulation of emotional exper
 ience. I propose that retrieval of past emotional 
 experiences needs hippocampal and amygdaloid trans
 mission as long as this retrieval generates emotio
 nal responses. Memories that generate emotions are
  'hot', in contrast to cold memories that are not 
 accompanied by arousing emotional reactions. I hyp
 othesize that these hot memories are better consol
 idated than cold memories. Modulation of emotional
  memories occurs through the action of stress horm
 ones, which may influence encoding, consolidation 
 as well as retrieval. Let's see where we are at th
 is point in time.   For more information see the C
 SCA website at http://www.csca.uva.nl/.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n      'Eternal suns
 hine of the spotless mind', a recent movie,\n     
  presents a romantic and futuristic neuroscience a
 pproach to\n      deleting autobiographical memori
 es. Although the idea of\n      inducing amnesia m
 ay be intriguing it seems to be mere\n      specul
 ation in the light of the state of the art in\n   
    neuroscience.  In this lecture I will review th
 e role of\n      autobiographical memories in emot
 ional experience; how do these\n      memories con
 tribute to what is experienced? After that I will\
 n      discuss an approach to the modulation of em
 otional memories,\n      which may eventually resu
 lt in the modulation of emotional\n      experienc
 e. I propose that retrieval of past emotional\n   
    experiences needs hippocampal and amygdaloid tr
 ansmission as\n      long as this retrieval genera
 tes emotional responses. Memories\n      that gene
 rate emotions are 'hot', in contrast to cold memor
 ies\n      that are not accompanied by arousing em
 otional reactions. I\n      hypothesize that these
  hot memories are better consolidated than\n      
 cold memories. Modulation of emotional memories oc
 curs through\n      the action of stress hormones,
  which may influence encoding,\n      consolidatio
 n as well as retrieval. Let's see where we are at\
 n      this point in time.\n    \n      <p>\n     
    For more information see the CSCA website at\n 
        <a target="_blank" href="http://www.csca.uv
 a.nl/">http://www.csca.uva.nl/</a>.\n      </p>\n 
    
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