Fear begins deep in the brain. The amygdala, buried within the temporal lobe, acts as an alarm system, detecting threats and signaling regions like the hypothalamus and brainstem to activate the body, ...

If confirmed, such work could pave the way for brain-based therapies that restore emotional stability without heavy ...

Our brain makes decisions based on direct associations between stimuli in our environment, but it often also does so based on events that initially appear unrelated. How does it achieve this? A recent ...