New research shows The amygdala helps choose between competing strategies when rewards are uncertain and decisions get confusing.

Abstract: Brain tumours (BT) are a dangerous condition that gets a lot of attention. They can be fatal. However, for effective treatment and life-saving measures, early detection and tumour type and ...

The brain’s primitive “fear center” may be much more than that, as new research on the amygdala suggests it plays a crucial role in learning, emotion, and decision-making. Researchers from Dartmouth ...

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias were less likely among adults who completed cognitive speed training with booster sessions, according to data published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: ...

Is birdwatching a magic anti-aging pill? No, but neuroscience shows that it reinforces sustained, effortful learning changes the adult brain.

In Maryland, a district's decade of effort to train more than 4,000 educators on how the brain learns best—so they can apply cognitive science in their own classrooms—begins to pay off.

Scientists at Rice University have produced the first full, dye-free molecular atlas of an Alzheimer’s brain. By combining ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers find that the amygdala is a sophisticated mediator that chooses between action-based and stimulus-based learning ...