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Ethan Oliver Bryson1, Adam I Levine
1Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029, USA. ethan.bryson@mountsinai.org <ethan.bryson@mountsinai.org>
Abstract:
The increasing role of simulation in medical education has paralleled the advancement of this technology. Full environment simulation (FES) can be used to effectively replicate rare medical catastrophes with exacting realism. It has been suggested that emotion can significantly enhance learning by producing memories that are processed and stored via the amygdaloid complex, which are relatively impervious to extinction and thus forgetting. Theoretically, the addition of emotional content to simulated crises during FES can be used to affect emotional changes in the participants and thus facilitate learning. Here, we discuss the theoretical benefit and the use of FES with emotional enhancement as it relates to improved memory and learning.
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