Role of the left amygdala and right orbital frontal cortex in emotional interference resolution facilitation in working memory

► Emotional information aids interference resolution in working memory. ► Amygdala provides an arousal signal that enhances salience and differentiates emotional from neutral stimuli. This arousal/salience signal is sent to other emotion processing regions of the brain to facilitate processing of emotional stimuli in working memory. ► The OFC, based on either the arousal signals from the amygdala, or on arousal signals generated within the OFC that temporally monitor arousal and emotional context, generates an enhanced source recognition signal for emotional stimuli in working memory.