In other words, the amygdala “hijacks” control of your brain and your responses. Goleman was also responsible for popularizing the concept of emotional intelligence (EI). He explained how EI ...

Apicella explained that advances in the techniques for labeling individual neuronal cells made it possible to study the individual neurons extending from the auditory cortex to the amygdala. He added ...

The amygdala is not directly responsible for generosity ... They are in fact also strongly anchored in the mechanisms of our brain,” he asserts. This new understanding of the drivers of altruism ...

Taste, tears, and tipsiness, oh my! These are the fascinating ways your body changes while at cruising altitude on flights.

Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and magnitude of rewards, but also dynamically process this information to predict value and risk.

The study, which was carried out in mice, sheds new light on the amygdala's role in regulating our nutritional needs and may offer insights into eating disorders and addiction. The amygdala ...

The study, which was carried out in mice, sheds new light on the amygdala's role in regulating our nutritional needs and may offer insights into eating disorders and addiction. At the heart of the ...

The hypothesis has two central and related components. The first component is the purported role of the amygdala in the rapid, automatic and non-conscious processing of emotional and social stimuli.

A number of neural structures play a role in anxiety, but the one that gives it its strong emotional color is the amygdala. The rational, thinking prefrontal cortex is responsible for interpreting ...

"The amygdala is an important center for emotions and decision-making," says Báez-Mendoza, head of the Junior Research Group Social Neurobiology at the German Primate Center. "We wanted to find ...

"Amygdala Neurosciences is committed to advancing the treatment landscape for substance use disorder, a condition with significant unmet medical need," said Brent K Blackburn, PhD, CEO.