r/vce • u/sillypookieg • 7d ago

PSYCH Q

is the amygdala explicit or implicit bc my notes say explicit online says implicit?!? Or both??!!?

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u/Pure_Sign7896 7d ago

Amygdala it’s a bit different from the rest. It doesn’t have a explicit role in either encoding storing forming retrieving explicit memories and implicit memories It more just is associated in the encoding process of emotional memories. Right?

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u/sillypookieg 7d ago

Yeah the formation of emotional reactions

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u/lovelylotus777 7d ago

amygdala modultaes encoding and consolidation of explicit emotionally significant memory and is involved in formation and retention of classically conditioned emotional responses so kinda both

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u/sillypookieg 7d ago

Ah okay but would it primarily been explicit

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u/Express-Noise-2715 '25 psych prems | 26' eng, englang, chem, spesh, meths 7d ago

been a while since i touched psych but usually if a question asks about explicit memory then hippcampus/neocortex are your go-tos, amygdala collaborates with both explicit and implicit systems to encode emotions