A study of rhesus macaques revealed that infants who experienced higher levels of maltreatment by their mothers tended to develop into adolescents with weaker binding potential of serotonin receptors ...
The study was published Nov. 22 in the journal Science Advances. In the first study of its kind to map with functional magnetic resonance imaging the details of the brain’s social cognitive network, ...
The social brain is connected to and in constant communication with a less evolved and older part of the human brain–the amygdala. It is often called our “lizard brain” and is primarily ...
These children were assessed for exposure to family-related threats during early childhood. The researchers focused on the amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) circuit, comprising the amygdala and ...
Research indicates advanced brain areas that facilitate social understanding are connected to the amygdala, offering new approaches for psychiatric treatment. Credit: SciTechDaily.com New research by ...