Meet Your Brain: The Amygdala
The amygdala is a really important part of your brain’s emotional processing centre (Limbic system). You have one buried deep in each hemisphere of your brain and they are about the size and shape of an almond (Amygdalon- is Latin for almond). It is often thought of as a ‘threat detector’ or a panic button in the brain although its role is really much broader than that. Like all parts of your brain the amygdala is always on. It is [...]