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NEWS ABOUT: amygdala

amygdala stories: 2 news summaries

Alcoholics Are Less Able to Read Your Face

Sensitivity is lower even when drinkers are sober for years: study

Aug 17, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Long-term alcoholics have a diminished ability to sense others’ emotions, even if they have been sober for years, the Chicago Tribune reports. A new study used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to look at the brain activity of abstinent alcoholics and non-alcoholics while they looked at pictures of faces that... More »

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alcohol • alcoholism • alcohol abuse • neuroscience • empathy • fMRI • hippocampus • amygdala • expressions • emotional intelligence

Big Differences Found
in Male, Female Brains

They're apparently based on different genetic blueprints, studies find

Jul 18, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The brains of men and women are so physically different they amount to different organs and may have developed from distinct genetic blueprints, new research shows. Distinct anatomical differences between male and female brains likely explain many well-established differences of perception and behavior between the sexes, from problem-solving strategies to... More »

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serotonin • male brain • frontal lobe • sex drive • scientific study • female brain • hypothalamus • limbic cortex • hippocampus • Centre for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory • parietal cortex • amygdala

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