Adrenaline release is the primary neurobiological mechanism that allows specific experiences to be encoded into memory.

“it really doesn't matter how you evoke the adrenaline release because remember adrenaline is the final common pathway by which particular experiences, particular perceptions are stamped into memory”

The perception of events slowing down during life-threatening situations is a byproduct of the amygdala recording higher-density memories rather than an actual change in the brain's processing speed.

“people do not see any faster in a life-threatening situation. And yet when we ask people retrospectively with a stopwatch to judge how long their fall was versus watching someone else do the fall, their own fall felt much longer to them. Okay, turns out this is all a trick of memory”

Learning is inherently tied to memory, and emotions tag memories as important to help them stick.

“if you think about it what is learning learning is really forming a memory right learning is is intimately linked to memory and so emotions tag memories as important so we call those flash bulb memories”