Much of our social anxiety is caused by an area in the brain called the amygdala. In this post I describe how the amygdala works to increase our anxiety and some treatments we can pursue to restructure and rewire our amygdalas. A lot of our social anxiety is affected by an area in the brain [...]

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A recent study with fMRI scans reveals that when blind people use echolocation it activates parts of the brain associated with vision.

Many scientists have attempted to break-down the range of human emotions that we experience, but there is still no clear consensus.

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