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The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains

Inquiring Minds

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The Amygdala and the Anti-Fear Rat

The amygdala does lots of things. It's not just involved in, you know, negative states. We shouldn't assume that a rat is experiencing fear when it's exposed to a danger. In the human brain, it's more difficult to get into the nitty gritty of the circuitry. The techniques are coming along and you can build on the animal work that has identified these circuits.

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