Why Some People Are Born to Be Afraid Scientists are discovering that our tendency to develop certain phobias might be ...

The amygdala is part of the limbic system, which regulates emotional and behavioral responses. An amygdala hijack is a fight-or-flight response to stress. To better understand what an amygdala hijack ...

A scientist explains how the brain works to flip a fear into a thrill and offers advice to parents of youngsters who might ...

Treating mice with a molecule that rescued autophagy and balanced neuronal excitability reduced pain behaviors, offering a ...

“We are social creatures who learn from others,” says Arash Javanbakht, a psychologist at Wayne State University and author ...

A new study suggests that overgrowth of the amygdala in infants during the first 6 to 12 months of life is tied to a later diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). "The faster the amygdala grew in ...

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, ...

Researchers have identified molecular mechanisms behind age-related memory decline — and shown they can be reversed.

Researchers have found that typically-developing children gain more neurons in a region of the brain that governs social and emotional behavior, the amygdala, as they become adults. This phenomenon ...

Patient social cognition remained stable over 3 years, but its correlation with structural damage in the brain changed over time. New research shows social cognition in patients with multiple ...

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