For the first time, scientists have successfully identified a key developmental program for the amygdala -- the part of the limbic system that impacts how the brain creates emotional memories and ...

Illustration of the basolateral amygdala (blue), hippocampus (yellow), and perirhinal cortex (pink) and electrical signals from each region during a recognition test trial. Source: Cory Inman, Emory ...

The amygdala is important for face processing, and direction of eye gaze is one of the most socially salient facial signals. Recording from over 200 neurons in the amygdala of neurosurgical patients, ...

We can learn ways to stop our emotions from hijacking politically divisive conversations. An expert explains how to remain ...

A region of the brain that is responsible for powerful emotions may also play a part in overeating. Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report they have found that a group of neurons ...

Researchers have identified a specific structural change in the brain that appears to track with the relief of depressive ...

In a 2007 episode of the television show Boston Legal, a character claimed to have figured out that a cop was racist because his amygdala activated – displaying fear, when they showed him pictures of ...

In our brains there is a structure called the amygdala. It is within our medial temporal lobe, shaped something like an almond, and has been widely studied due to the important role it plays in human ...

The brain responds to incoming odours by adjusting sniffing, and those adjustments in turn influence how much of the odour ...

When your brain veers to all that’s bad, that’s where thoughts tend to stay. Anxiety and stress take over. Peace eludes us. These are trained responses to unpleasantness. We don’t just ride out the ...

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