Figure 3.

Threat of shock increases preparatory encoding success activations, ESAs, in the amygdala. A, The right amygdala showed greater encoding success activations in response to shock cues compared to no-shock cues. B, Beta-parameters extracted from a-priori ROIs confirmed significant shock-motivated ESA (shock cue ESA > no-shock cue ESA) in the right amygdala, but not the left amygdala or bilaterally in the VTA. C, Across participants, shock-motivated ESAs during cue presentations were positively correlated with the extent to which memory was enhanced under threat of shock.