BS 161 Joseph Ledoux
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
00:00
Why the Amygdala is Not the Fear Center of the Brain
The amygdala is not responsible for the feeling of fear but instead for the behavioral and physiological responses./nUsing subjective state terms to describe non-subjective control systems in the brain can be problematic./nHuman cases with amygdala damage can still experience fear, indicating that the amygdala is not solely responsible for it./nBehavioral and physiological responses to danger are closely entwined with the feeling of fear in our brains.
Play episode from 21:24
Transcript
