The findings have been published in theAmerican Journal of Psychiatry. The amygdala is a small, almond-shaped structure located deep within the brain’s temporal lobe, playing a central role in ...

An almond-shaped part of your brain called the amygdala makes a snap judgment. It decides you've seen or heard something to be afraid of. And it fires off an alarm signal. Another section of your ...

In our brains, we have two sets of almond-shaped neurons, called amygdala, (Greek for almond), one in each hemisphere, that are thought to be key in processing emotional experiences. Involved in a ...