Photo: Africa Rising/Shutterstock...  ...w cells made during puberty had been added to the amygdala - the part of the brain which influences communic...  ...doctoral student in neuroscience, said: "The amygdala plays an important role in helping the brain make...  ...e brain make sense of social cues. In hu...

You don't have to be crazy to believe in conspirac...  ...ol, sparked by the region of the brain called the amygdala . Economic recessions, terrorist attacks and natu...  ...s and uncertainty, a part of the brain called the amygdala kicks into action. Paul Whalen, a scientist at Da...  ...a scientist at Dartmou...

Fearless? Not if science can help it! Sc...  ...fearless. But first, let's talk about the amygdala , a small almond-shaped structure deep i...  ...atients with Urbach-Wiethe disease have atrophied amygdalas , and as a result, they experience no fe...  ...rson:...

Image: WebHamster/Wikimedia...  ...close? Blame your brain! Turns out, the amygdala , the brain region that governs fear, is activated...  ...are constructed and monitored by the amygdala , the brain region involved in fear. &quo...  ...brain region involved in fear. "The *stro...

Maybe. Parts of your brain, anyhow....  ...temporal gyrus, entorhinal cortex and amygdalae . The research, from University College...  ...ho are more social in general tend to have larger amygdalae than their peers, but that those who...

Imagine living without fear - and I mean any fear....  ...That's what happened to a woman called S.M. whose amygdala was damaged by a disease. She's the fascinating s...  ...prepared for a physiological response because the amygdala has been taken out of the loop."Link

Scientists are one step closer to finding the caus...  ...autism have enlarged area of the brain called the amygdala : "We believe that children with autism have...  ...he latter part of the first year of life, it [the amygdala ] begins to grow in kids with autism. And this stu...  ...lead study author Dr....