Researchers find that the amygdala is a sophisticated mediator that chooses between action-based and stimulus-based learning ...

Researchers have found that the size of the amygdala—a region of the brain involved in processing emotions—could be linked to ...

Macaque species with higher social tolerance possess larger amygdalae, redefining the brain region as a social hub.

New research shows The amygdala helps choose between competing strategies when rewards are uncertain and decisions get confusing.

As we work on overcoming what scares us, a new plasticity becomes available in our brain, and fear strikes out.

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in ...

Researchers have found that the size of the amygdala – a region of the brain involved in processing emotions – could be linked to social tolerance in ...

Picture a star-shaped cell in the brain, stretching its spindly arms out to cradle the neurons around it. That's an astrocyte, and for a long time, scientists thought its job was caretaking the brain, ...