Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have identified neurons that are essential for mice to engage in social interactions with novel individuals. These neurons, which are located in the central ...

It's been said that eyes are a window to the soul, but new research has found that an adolescent's brain response to a face ...

The amygdala, a small structure in the brain, is associated with charitable giving and positive social behavior, not just fear, new research demonstrates. The amygdala, a small structure at the front ...

University of Tokyo researchers said the study’s findings could advance understanding of disorders in which social memory and ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a genetically controlled brain mechanism responsible for social behavior in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infants who cried excessively and were more irritable had smaller amygdala volume, as well as more internalizing ...

This release is available in German. A pianist is playing an unknown melody freely without reading from a musical score. How does the listener's brain recognise if this melody is improvised or if it ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have created a unique, cell-by-cell atlas of the amygdala, a small structure deep ...

A new study on mice from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics has pinpointed 'positive' neurons housed in the back of the amygdala and 'negative' neurons located in the front of the ...