It’s no accident that people remember certain events in their lives because of music. Yiren Ren, a psychology researcher at ...

The researchers discovered a constant connection between the medial nucleus of the amygdala and the brain regions involved in interpreting others' intentions. These findings would not have been ...

In the first study of its kind to map with functional magnetic resonance imaging the details of the brain's social cognitive network, researchers found that the amygdala — the ancient part of ...

An insight into why we overthink could have implications for treating anxiety and depression. Researchers at Northwestern University (IL, USA) have used fMRI to map the human brain’s social cognitive ...

The amygdala is a group of nuclei located within the anterior medial portion of the brain’s temporal lobe. Part of the limbic system, the amygdala is involved in processing of emotions ...

“Recording functional MRI signal whilst seeing pictures of facial ... The study found that lower bilateral amygdala ...

After the administration period, they underwent another fMRI scan. The results showed that, prior to treatment, the ...

The results were surprising. When participants recalled neutral stories while listening to emotionally-charged music, they ...