Direct recordings in neurosurgical patients show that category-selective amygdala neurons fire earlier and more strongly for ...

Do you enjoy the thrill of scary movies, haunted houses, and Halloween decorations that jump out at you? Why do some people ...

A new theoretical framework proposes that early adversity alters the developing biological architecture through which later ...

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When something frightens you, your body is moving before you had time to think. The amygdala flags the danger and signals the ...

(Elsa Olofsson/Unsplash) Cannabis is famous for making people feel relaxed, amused, and even elated, but sometimes it can have almost the opposite effect. In some cases, cannabis use can trigger ...

There's a feeling you get when learning where knowledge seems to rush into you all at once and you just 'get it,' and science has an explanation.

For the first time, Northwestern scientists have identified a set of neurons — cells in the brain — that play a role in generating anxiety after exposure to cannabinoid drugs, especially under ...

Summary: Evaluating a massive cohort of nearly 6,000 youth, the investigators discovered that a child’s raw amygdala activity when viewing emotional faces acts as an isolated biological crystal ball, ...

It's been said that eyes are a window to the soul, but new research has found that an adolescent's brain response to a face might open a window to their social future. A new study at the University of ...

New research shows that the threat response in the brain's amygdala (which processes emotions) is linked to different patterns of drinking by sex. In young males, heightened amygdala reactivity was ...