Often referred to as our "lizard brain," the amygdala typically is associated with detecting threats and processing fear. A classic example of the amygdala in action is someone's physiological and ...

To elucidate the issue, researchers from the Institut Pasteur and CNRS, in collaboration with psychiatrists from GHU Paris Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Inserm, and CEA, decided to explore the amygdala ...

"We now know that the amygdala is not only involved in our emotional response to environmental stimuli, fostering attraction ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified distinct groups of cells within the amygdala, a brain region central to emotional processing.

It found that the amygdala - an almond-shaped structure in the temporal (side) lobe which processes our emotions and controls our motivation - was larger in procrastinators. In these individuals ...