Are there areas of the brain that regulate prosocial, altruistic behavior? Together with colleagues from the universities in ...

A study on Vietnam War veterans reveals how damage to the prefrontal cortex and amygdala affects political passions. The ...

Veterans who suffered shrapnel damage connected to their amygdala, the fear center of the brain, were less likely to develop ...

A new study has identified specific brain networks that regulate the intensity of political engagement, regardless of ideology.

A Northwestern University study identifies brain networks controlling the intensity of political engagement, analyzing Vietnam War veterans with and without brain injuries. Damage to the prefrontal ...

A study has found that damage to the prefrontal cortex in the brain that helps with self-control and reasoning could intensify one's political feelings, while damage to brain structure 'amygdala', ...

The hypothesis has two central and related components. The first component is the purported role of the amygdala in the rapid, automatic and non-conscious processing of emotional and social stimuli.