What happens in the brain with anxiety? 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 ...

could have implications for treating psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depression. The social cognitive network, a recently evolved region of the human brain responsible for complex ...

The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at The University ... which are hugely instructive for treating anxiety and phobia. Another team of researchers is investigating how ...