Abstract: As to the relationship between emotion and memory, it had been the focus of research in social cognitive neuroscience. This article mainly introduced three aspects of researches on emotion and memory: the role of emotion in memory, the way of emotion effects on memory and brain regions involved in the emotion-memory interaction. The affection of emotional arousal to amygdale, and the interaction among amygdale, medial temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex were specially emphasized

Key words: long-term memory, working memory, emotion content, emotional state, amygdale