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 ...

A beam of sound, tuned to a frequency that passes harmlessly through the skull, can now quiet one of the brain’s most deeply ...

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alter brain circuits in the amygdala and dopamine system to reduce the motivation to seek out high-calorie foods.

A new study suggests GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may be able to do more than curb appetite. Here's what researchers found.

New research shows that the threat-response in the brain's amygdala (which processes emotions) is linked to different patterns of drinking by sex. In young males, heightened amygdala reactivity was ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala-the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making-is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that plays a key role in identifying and reacting to potential threats, compared ...

University of Virginia researchers have shown that newer oral GLP-1 weight-loss drugs directly alter brain circuits tied to motivation and reward, not just appetite. These medications engage a pathway ...