Fear is a more basal response to an immediate threat thought to be controlled by the amygdala, while anxiety, linked to a part of the brain known as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, or BNST, ...

Stress touches nearly every part of life. It shapes how we feel, think, and even how our bodies react. Though our stress ...

While human brains are clearly different from animals, recent fMRI studies (Celeghin et al., 2023) reveal that individuals with eating disorders exhibit hyperactivation in the amygdala ...

"The findings show that the amygdala is crucial in the way dogs process and react to odors ... non-invasive technique that has never been applied to canine brain activity. Unlike traditional methods ...