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BS 207 Luiz Pessoa "The Cognitive-Emotional Brain"

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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The Role of the Amygdala in Cognitive Processes

It seems clear that both the amygdala and the pulvinar nucleus of the thalamus do a lot more than I was taught in medical school. It also appears that effective and cognitive processes are deeply intertwined. One question that still sticks out for me is, what is the key difference between the role of the Pulvinar and the role ofThe amygdala? Because they do some similar things, but how are they different?

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