In a study published in Neuron, Ciaran Murphy-Royal, researcher at the Center de recherche du Center hospitalier de ...

Cannabis use linked to brain volume changes, with evidence showing smaller amygdala size and distinct effects compared with ...

The brain mechanisms underlying the suppression of fear responses have attracted a lot of attention as they are relevant for therapy of human anxiety disorders. Despite our broad understanding of the ...

Patient social cognition remained stable over 3 years, but its correlation with structural damage in the brain changed over time. New research shows social cognition in patients with multiple ...

Neuroscientist Sjoerd Meijer of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has shown for the first time that targeted ...

Researchers have found that typically-developing children gain more neurons in a region of the brain that governs social and emotional behavior, the amygdala, as they become adults. This phenomenon ...

A new study found that people who are politically conservative have a slightly larger amygdala than progressives. The results suggest that the relationship between brain anatomy and political ideology ...