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

The brain can trigger memories without conscious awareness. Unconscious memory, priming, and brain regions like the hippocampus and amygdala influence behaviour and emotions.

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, ...

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

Illustration of the basolateral amygdala (blue), hippocampus (yellow), and perirhinal cortex (pink) and electrical signals from each region during a recognition test trial. Source: Cory Inman, Emory ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

"I am often said to have identified the amygdala as the brain's 'fear' center. But the fact is, I have not done this, nor has anyone else." —Joseph LeDoux (2015) 3D illustration of both amygdala.

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