Why does anxiety hit your body so fast? Explore how fight, flight, and freeze responses shape your physical symptoms and why they’re not as dangerous as they feel.

In 1995, author Daniel Goleman coined the term “amygdala hijack”–an idea that has subsequently appeared in countless blogs, self-help books, and videos. According to this idea, a part of the brain ...

Researchers have discovered a specific set of neurons in the amygdala that can trigger anxiety and social deficits when overactive. By restoring the excitability balance in this brain region, they ...

The team also found that the pathway from EP3-expressing neurons to the amygdala is activated in cold environments and transmits cold sensations. These findings suggest that during infection, PGE₂ ...

Humans explore unfamiliar options more when deciding how to avoid losses than when seeking gains. The firing rate of neuronal cells in the brain’s amygdala predicts decisions to explore in both ...