Amygdal Autobiographical Memory

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The chapter opens up talking about autobiographical memory and what determines what particular life events we tend to remember. We commonly remember milestone events and highly emotional events; the amygdala being the key structure for those emotional memories (Goldstein, 2015). While emotions can improve memory consolidation, it can also impair memory in some situations. When I think of my memory being impaired due to emotions, I try to remember back to car accidents. I cannot really remember anything from this one accident that I got into with my friends, all I remember certainly is that I blacked out for a while. On the other hand, I feel like I can perfectly remember the day of my high school graduation with my best friends. However, after

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