Cortex Quote by David DiSalvo

“activated when recalling a personal memory—the posterior cingulate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, and left occipital lobe—are also active when thinking about a future event.”

— David DiSalvo

“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

“As the level of ambiguity increases, amygdalae activity continues to increase, and ventral striatum activity continues to decrease.”

— David DiSalvo

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

— David DiSalvo

“Powerful support for an amygdaloid role in fear processing comes from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In PTSD sufferers the amygdala is overreactive to mildly…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“The frontal lobes are one of the most important parts of the cortex to understand.”

— Catherine M. Pittman

“Moderate, transient stress (i.e., the good, stimulatory stress) promotes hippocampal LTP, while prolonged stress disrupts it and promotes LTD—one reason why cognition tanks at…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“It’s not until the non-NMDA has been stimulated over and over by a long train of glutamate release, allowing enough sodium to flow in,…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Chapter 3 discusses some unsettling research—stick your average person in a brain scanner, and show him a picture of someone of another race for…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Brains distinguish between an Us and a Them in a fraction of a second. Subliminal processing of a Them activates the amygdala and insular…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

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

— Catherine M. Pittman

Spatial working memory is impaired by stress.

— Richard Davidson