What is the function of the amygdala in the brain? Identify the four structures involved in the limbic system and their functions. Elaborate on the limbic system. What are the purposes and benefits of the limbic system in the brain?
In fact, we find that people with different ideologies have differences in the physical structure and function of their brains. This is especially pronounced in brain networks responsible for reward, emotion processing, and monit...
What is the function of the auditory nerve in the ear? What is the role and function of the optic nerve? What is a myelin sheath and what functions does it perform for a nerve? What is the importance of myelin in nerve function?
An emerging discipline called neuroaesthetics is seeking to bring scientific objectivity to the study of art, and has already given us a better understanding of many masterpieces. The blurred imagery of Impressionist paintings seems to stimulate the brain's amygdala, for instance. Since the amygdala ...
Inputs and Outputs of the Amygdala: What the Amygdala Is Trying to Tell the Rest of the Brain. Plenum Press, New York.Gloor, P. Inputs and outputs of the amygdala: What the amygdala is trying to tell the rest of the brain. In: Livingston, K.E., and Hornykiewicz, O., eds. ...
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The amygdala is the main part of the brain associated with fear reactions — including the "fight or flight" response. A person who has a seizure in the temporal lobe (the location of the amygdala) sometimes reports an intense feeling of fear or danger. The Dopamine Center The part of...
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This approach allowed us to test the function of each wire within the tangled mess that is our brain. 00:00 A brain region called the amygdala has long been thought to be important for emotion, and my laboratory discovered that the amygdala resembles a fork in the ...