Organizational change, volatility, decision fatigue is causing leadership burn out and neuroscience can explain why and how ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Lucas A UAB assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology has received a $3.5 million grant to study how hormones influence the female brain’s response to ...

Version of Record: This is the final version of the article. The paper by Auer et. makes several contributions: (1) The study developed a novel approach to map the microstructural organization of the ...

Scientists studying the amygdala have found specific cell types linked to anxiety. This work may lead to treatments that target these cells directly, offering hope for more effective management of ...

Treating anxiety, depression and other disorders may depend on the amygdala, a part of the brain that controls strong emotional reactions, especially fear. But a deep understanding of this structure ...

One of the characteristics of depression is a tendency to perceive sensory stimuli and everyday situations in an excessively negative way. But the mechanisms underpinning this "negativity bias," which ...

Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...