A Thought on Cognition & Emotion

source I am in the midst of writing a longer, more substantial post, but, because I have not written a post in awhile, I thought it would be better to give a bit of a prelude to the upcoming post.  This short post is more about asking the fundamental question regarding those functions relating to

Face Processing: Connecting the Nodes Across the Brain

Since I have rather tended to focus on the hippocampus, I’ve decided to diverge a bit into the neural connectivity of face processing* — after all, this blog is mainly about neural connectivity, not only within a region but between multiple regions, as well. Angry face of a female intending to seriously hurt or scare

Flashbulb Memories: Real or Rehearsed?

http://www.spring.org.uk/images/flashbulb.jpg I have put off working on my new post relating to hippocampal connectivity to write this.  It just occurred to me that tomorrow is 9/11 and would make for a nice post on memory.  I tried to get this out before 9/11, but I failed by about 1.5 hours.  When I realized this at