If a person were to have their amygdala removed would they loose their ability to feel?

Answer 1

Since it is the area of the brain associated with memory and emotion, you may forget things, but really not care about it.

Answer 2

Here's what would happen, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kl%C3%BCver-Bucy_syndrome:
It's called the Klüver-Bucy syndrome, and touch becomes more important, not less:

Klüver-Bucy syndrome is a behavioral disorder that occurs when both the right and left medial temporal lobes of the brain malfunction. The amygdala has been a particularly implicated brain region in the pathogenesis of this syndrome.

In rhesus monkeys

The syndrome is named for Heinrich Klüver and Paul Bucy, who removed the temporal lobe bilaterally in rhesus monkeys in an attempt to determine its function. This caused the monkeys to develop visual agnosia (couldn't recognize things), emotional changes, altered sexual behavior, hypermetamorphosis and oral tendencies (see below for definitions).

Though the monkeys could see, they were unable to recognize even previously familiar objects, or their use. They would examine their world with their mouths instead of their eyes ("oral tendencies") and developed a desire to explore everything ("hypermetamorphosis").

Their overt sexual behavior increased dramatically ("hypersexualism"), and the monkeys indulged in indiscriminate sexual behavior including masturbation, heterosexual acts and homosexual acts.

Emotionally, the monkeys became dulled, and their facial expressions and vocalizations became far less expressive. They were also less fearful of things that would have instinctively panicked them in their natural state, such as humans or snakes. Even after being attacked by a snake, they would willingly approach it again. This aspect of change was termed "placidity".

In humans

People with lesions in their temporal lobes (a bilateral lesion) show similar behaviors. They may display oral or tactile exploratory behavior (socially inappropriate licking or touching); hypersexuality; bulimia (overeating); memory disorders; flattened emotions (placidity); and an inability to recognize objects or inability to recognize faces.

Answer 3

i don't think there's a surgery that can do something like this, but i don't think anyone would want ALL their emotions to go away. i mean... sure you won't feel sadness ever again, but what about love and happiness? there are lots of people out there just like you. you just have to learn to live with it.