In 1995, author Daniel Goleman coined the term “amygdala hijack”–an idea that has subsequently appeared in countless blogs, self-help books, and videos. According to this idea, a part of the brain ...

Treating anxiety, depression and other disorders may depend on the amygdala, a part of the brain that controls strong emotional reactions, especially fear. But a deep understanding of this structure ...

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 ...

The complex anatomical connections of the amygdala, a collection of nuclei located deep in the medial temporal lobe, make it a prime candidate for providing a representation of the value of visual ...

I’ve been studying the amygdala for more than 30 years. When I started this work, research on this brain region was a lonely field of inquiry. The hippocampus was all the rage, and I sometimes felt ...

When you’re born, your brain is set up with all the physical abilities it needs to do everything it will ever do during your lifetime. But that’s not quite enough. Your brain needs experiences to ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala-the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making-is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

There's a part of the brain that's known as the "fear centre" -- the amygdala-- which lights up in response to frightening situations. It's an essential part of the body's panic response, and we know ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that plays a key role in identifying and reacting to potential threats, compared ...

A new study suggests GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may be able to do more than curb appetite. Here's what researchers found.