Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

“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

“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

“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

“died of a seizure — some said brought on by rage”

— Lisa Hilton

“The most convincing data concern rare humans with damage restricted to the amygdala, either due to a type of encephalitis or a congenital disorder…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Starting with a 1979 study, low levels of serotonin in the brain were shown to be associated with elevated levels of human aggression, with…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Violence. My body has learned to love violence, and my mind imagines terrible things”

— D.S. Wrights

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

— David DiSalvo

“Violence was just another function of the body, no less unusual than sweating or vomiting. It sat on the same shelf as sexual intercourse.…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

“The dissociation between fear and aggression is evident in violent psychopaths, who are the antithesis of fearful—both physiologically and subjectively they are less reactive…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible…

— Alexander Berkman

“They concluded that the predominant emotion was anger and that, compared to words like sadness or fear, expressions of aggression increased in the days…

— Daniel Domscheit-Berg