Quote by Catherine M. Pittman

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or…

— Daniel Goleman

“amygdalae filter through the information to determine its threat-level significance and mobilizes a response.”

— David DiSalvo

“The amygdala can accomplish its quick response because of the special properties of another nucleus within it: the central nucleus.”

— Catherine M. Pittman

Basically, in the fight-or-flight response, the objective is to get away from the source of threat. All of our muscles prepare for this escape…

— Peter A. Levine

“The role of the amygdala is to attach emotional significance to situations or objects and to form emotional memories.”

— Catherine M. Pittman

“Moving beyond mere correlation, if you lesion the amygdala in an animal, rates of aggression decline. The same occurs transiently when you temporarily silence…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“THE AMYGDALAfn8 IS the archetypal limbic structure, sitting under the cortex in the temporal lobe. It is central to mediating aggression, along with other…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Most of us know when we are about to react emotionally. We can feel it. Often there is a brief warning before the amygdala…

— Elizabeth Thornton

“you asked amygdala experts what behavior their favorite brain structure brings to mind, “aggression” wouldn’t top their list. It would be fear and anxiety.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Stick recording electrodes into numerous species’ amygdalaefn9 and see when neurons there have action potentials; this turns out to be when the animal is…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) mediates the body’s response to arousing circumstances, for example, producing the famed “fight or flight” stress response. To use…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“even a small amount of ambiguity triggers increased activity in the amygdalae—two deep brain structures that play a major role in our response to…

— David DiSalvo