A new study shows macaque species with more tolerant social systems have larger brain regions linked to emotions and social signals.

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 ...

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

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making—is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion regulation, plays a key role in the emergence of conditions such as anxiety, ...

Researchers have discovered how inferred emotions are learned. The study shows that the frontal part of the brain coordinates with the amygdala -- a brain region important for simple forms of ...

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, ...