Via The Upward Spiral: Despite their differences, pride, shame, and guilt all activate similar neural circuits, including the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, insula, and the nucleus ...

In this way, the prefrontal cortex could “reign in” an overactive ... in generating fear and threat responses are the amygdala, the insula and the dorsal anterior cingulate.

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When they were awake and viewed images of distressful situations (like assaults) they had less activation in the insula or amygdala, and more activation in the medial prefrontal cortex.

Whenever something bad happens to us, brain systems responsible for mediating emotions kick in to prevent it from happening ...

For this reason, the amygdala ... The insula is a part of the brain specifically involved in conscious awareness of your emotions, pain and bodily sensations. The prefrontal cortex also engages ...

Adversity exposure was associated with higher amygdala reactivity (P < .001) and lower prefrontal cortical ... anterior cingulate cortex, and insula in the adversity-exposed participants, compared ...

An orgasm has now been imaged in 3D video in the brain as it happens — and for possibly the first time in the history of science, women came first. The video, which was presented at the recent ...