The people with a damaged basolateral amygdala were found to be selfish when it came to sharing money with those they felt ...

Are there areas of the brain that regulate prosocial, altruistic behavior? Together with colleagues from the universities in ...

In a nutshell Your brain fine-tunes generosity based on social closeness. A specific brain region, the basolateral amygdala ...

Children's National Hospital and partnering academic centers have found that newborns exposed to opioids in utero exhibited ...

A new study reveals that the basolateral amygdala (BLA) plays a key role in calibrating prosocial behavior based on emotional ...

Is generosity a question of heart or the amygdala? The basolateral amygdala, nestled in the heart of the limbic system, could well play a decisive role in our social behavior.

A new study reveals how a single food poisoning experience creates long-lasting aversive memories in the brain.

Are there areas of the brain, which regulate prosocial, altruistic behavior? Researchers have studied a very special group of patients and established that the 'basolateral amygdala' (part of the ...

Researchers studied individuals with Urbach-Wiethe Disease, identifying the basolateral amygdala as a key brain region regulating generous behavior. This almond-shaped structure helps process emotions ...

For the study, researchers analysed the behaviour of 124 male US military veterans with penetrating head trauma and 35 combat ...

Researchers have identified the basolateral amygdala (BLA) as crucial in regulating prosocial behaviour. Their study showed that individuals with BLA damage acted generously towards close friends but ...