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Researchers map the amygdala’s distinct but diverse and dynamic neighborhoods where feelings are assigned. The amygdala is a tiny hub of emotions where in 2016 a team led by MIT [...]

Eating a slice of chocolate cake or spending time with a friend usually stimulates positive feelings, while getting in a car accident or anticipating a difficult exam is more likely to generate a [...]

Brain circuit mechanisms that can explain how positive and negative perceptions occur have been discovered by neuroscientists. The two brain activities found by experts showed the opposing events [...]

Neuroscientists have discovered brain circuitry for encoding positive and negative learned associations in mice. After finding that two circuits showed opposite activity following fear and reward [...]