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

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.

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 ...

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

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

Macaque’s social tolerance grades, through its underlying cognitive demands, shape subcortical structures volumes.

When a conversation becomes emotionally charged, the brain’s threat detection system, the amygdala, activates rapidly. In ...

Here’s a science-inspired and reflective tool to uncover the hidden emotional labor you do before you even say a single word.

People who reported “always” listening to music saw dementia risk plummet by 39% compared to those who rarely or never tuned in. They also had a 17% lower risk of Cognitive Impairment No Dementia ...

A recent brain imaging study reveals that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder consists of at least two distinct physical subtypes. This discovery suggests that patients may eventually benefit ...

Smell can evoke powerful memories, subtly influence attraction, and even regulate stress. But research suggests that what we sense depends as much on experience as on biology.