Processing emotions

A new study from MIT reveals how two populations of neurons in the brain contribute to the process of assigning emotional associations to specific events. They hope this could shed light on mental illnesses and how to treat them best. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/brain-proces...)

Read the paper: http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S...

Tye Lab: http://tyelab.org/
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory: https://picower.mit.edu/
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences: https://bcs.mit.edu/

Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT
Neuron imaging: Anna Beyeler and Craig Wildes from the Laboratory of Kay Tye
Stock imagery: Pond5.com
Music sampled from, " Secret Place" by Alex Fitch
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