The Human Amygdala: An Evolved System for Relevance Detection

By David Sander, Jordan Henry Grafman, T. Zalla. Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2003

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A meta-analysis of instructed fear studies: Implications for conscious appraisal of threat (2010, background): “Future research will have to more precisely determine which specific role it fulfils in this process and also how it interacts with other appraisal areas such as the amygdala (presumably relevant for initial coarse and potentially non-conscious appraisals; Sander et al., 2003) and the lateral PFC (w”
The role of the amygdala in emotional processing: a quantitative meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies. (2008, background): “Finally, a recent model postulates that the human amygdala acts as a ‘‘relevance detector,’’ involved in the processing of biologically relevant stimuli, regardless of their valence (Sander et al., 2003).”
Electrophysiological correlates of rapid spatial orienting towards fearful faces. (2004, neutral): “…or other aversive pictures) and whether these effects would be generalized to other kinds of signals that are highly relevant for the organism (see Sander et al., 2003), such as ambiguous D ow nloaded from https://academ ic.oup.com /cercor/article-abstract/14/6/619/321696 by guest on 10 January…”
The brain basis of emotion: A meta-analytic review (2012, background): “…of emotion, Sander and colleagues have argued that the computational profile of the amygdala is best characterized as default detection of stimuli appraised as relevant, given the individual’s current concerns, such as goals, needs, and values (Sander et al. 2003; see also, Sander, in press).”
A systems approach to appraisal mechanisms in emotion (2005, neutral): “From converging evidence in studies of the human brain, it can be proposed that the basic computational proﬁle of the amygdala meets the core psychological concept of a relevance detector (see Sander et al., 2003).”
Emotion and the Prefrontal Cortex: An Integrative Review (2017, background): “Both the lateral OFC and amygdala are involved in evaluating exteroceptive sensations (Cunningham et al., 2008; Gottfried et al., 2003; Sander et al., 2003).”
An Appraisal-Driven Componential Approach to the Emotional Brain (2018, neutral): “The amygdala as the core of the neural network involved in the appraisal of concern relevance (see Brosch & Sander, 2013; Sander, Grafman, & Zalla, 2003).”