Posted by gazo on April 22, 2007, at 7:58:40
In reply to question about PTSD vrs. spliting *maybe trigger, posted by Happyflower on April 21, 2007, at 23:38:07
i will look HF as it seems to me i saw something in my travels recently about the amygdala and body sensation memory. i think that might at least connect you to info regarding what you are asking. My understanding though was that the amygdala stored more primal sorts of memory rather than pre-verbal memory. It's the ancient portion of the evolution of the brain and therefore motivates the flight/fight response ( and yes, i know *you* know this but someone else here may not ;o) )
try finding articles which talk about the amygdala is accepted research and then trace through the citations. Google scholar is great for this. And, you'd be surprised how many researchers in those citations are willing to answer questions or point you to more research.
one other thing.. in one behaviour class i took (and i took everything i could take without declaring a major) we studied split brain patients. Of course they are different form the split personality or dissociative identity patients, but there might be some clues there for you. The splitting of the hemispheres occurs only at the cortex level, so the amygdala would remain in tact. Studies of their fear reactions etc would give you some additional info.
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