I’ve been studying the amygdala for more than 30 years. When I started this work, research on this brain region was a lonely field of inquiry. The hippocampus was all the rage, and I sometimes felt ...

What Is the Limbic System? The limbic system is a part of the brain consisting of several components such as the hippocampus and amygdala and serving many functions within the body. While we have a ...

Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...

The brain responds to incoming odours by adjusting sniffing, and those adjustments in turn influence how much of the odour ...

Neurons that specifically reduce and modulate electrical brain activity have a greater influence on emotional memories than previously thought. DZNE researchers came to this conclusion based on ...

If you’ve ever assigned a special ringtone to a crush, you know the instant hit of dopamine that occurs the instant it goes off. You might also know the feeling when another ringtone goes off for a ...

Imagine living life without that stomach-dropping fear feeling. For one woman, that's not bravery, it's biology.

Have you ever had an overwhelming physical reaction during a difficult conversation? Maybe you’ve broken out in a cold sweat when confronting an impolite coworker, or turned tomato-red during a ...