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

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

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

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

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, ...

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 ...