The amygdala is often referred to as the fear center of the brain, but this description hardly does justice to the amygdala's complexity. Located deep in the brain's left and right temporal lobes, our ...

We found that amygdala volume correlates with the size and complexity of social networks in adult humans. An exploratory analysis of subcortical structures did not find strong evidence for similar ...

In a study released on Nov. 20, 2013, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found that measuring the size and connectivity of the amygdala—a part of the brain associated with ...

The left and right amygdala in red. Source: Life Sciences Database/Wikimedia Commons In recent years, neuroscientists have begun to unravel the many mysteries of the left and right amygdala, as well ...