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 ...

Researchers identify a brain pathway in humans that enables rapid, unconscious fear responses to scary sounds, similar to visual fear shortcuts.

A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion regulation, plays a key role in the emergence of conditions such as anxiety, ...

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 ...

A long-term study finds significant changes in brain development linked to anxiety in children with autism. The study, which included brain scans and interviews, also provides new evidence that ...

When footage of free solo climber Alex Honnold scaling near-vertical rock faces without ropes circulates online, the reaction is almost universal. Disbelief, anxiety, and an instinctive tightening in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The amygdala, which is enlarged in children aged 2 years who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, ...