Emoção e memória: inter-relações psicobiológicas

Evidencias em estudos com animais e seres humanos mostram a intima relacao entre a emocao e a memoria. O proposito deste artigo e apresentar uma revisao sobre os conceitos basicos que definem a memoria e a emocao e os diferentes substratos psicobiologicos dessas funcoes. Essa revisao analisa como os mecanismos de ordem cognitiva estao relacionados a genese e a expressao das nossas emocoes e mostra, ainda, o papel fundamental da memoria na conservacao da nossa especie. Adicionalmente, sao apresentadas as manifestacoes fisiologicas das emocoes com o fim de contribuir para melhor compreensao da complexa inter-relacao entre emocao e memoria. Evidences from animal and human studies demonstrates the relationship between emotions and memory. The purpose of this article is to present a revision of the basic concepts which defines memory and emotion as well as the different psychobiolocals substrata from these functions. This revision analyzed as the cognitive mechanisms are related to the genesis and the expression of our emotions and still points out the basic role of memory in the conservation of our specie. Additionally, it presents the physiological manifestation of the emotions in order to contribute to a better understanding of the complex interactions between emotion and memory.