A new study published in Human Brain Mapping sheds light on the brain mechanisms that influence how adolescents weigh ...

Indeed, many experiments have found that the amygdala is active when people are afraid. But it also activates at other times, for example in response to pleasant photographs and happy faces.

Once the amygdala flags incoming information as a threat—or, due to hyperreactivity, jumps to that conclusion even in the absence of threat—it sends out an alarm, notifying many other areas of ...

So, while ridding oneself of the curse of the amygdala might be technically possible, it’s not clear that it would be a good thing. Ultimately, evolution gave us the amygdala for a reason, and a life ...

The amygdala is a part of the brain that, among other functions, plays a major role in emotional responses. SERT actions are strong there and its association with DNA methylation has been reported ...

Mary E. Wheeler, Susan T. Fiske, Controlling Racial Prejudice: Social-Cognitive Goals Affect Amygdala and Stereotype Activation, Psychological Science, Vol. 16, No. 1 ...