Date: 2006
"While the amygdala's role as a sentinel and trigger for distress is old news to neuroscience, its social role, as part of the brain's system for emotional contagion, has been revealed only recently."
preview | full record— Goleman, Daniel (b. 1946)
Date: 2006
"More generally, the amygdala acts as a radar for the brain, calling attention to whatever might be new, puzzling, or important to learn more about."
preview | full record— Goleman, Daniel (b. 1946)