31. ICMM 18 Troubleshooting (problems & solutions)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

... as follows: There are two main problems exacerbating anxiety. One is insufficient quantity of the neurotransmitter GABA, which is responsible for controlling the activity of the amygdala. If GABA is blocked ...

32. ICMM 19 My Documents (personal account)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

... messing depends strongly on what you're doing with the ACG, the hippocampus and amygdala, and the connections in the parietal cortex. Now you can manipulate a person's conscious motivations with a large ...

33. Psychological methods - Meditation - benefits
(Neurohacking/Methods & Technology)

... this region with positive emotions, as opposed to the right prefrontal cortex, where increases are associated with negative feelings (these areas work in tandem with the ipsilateral amygdala). Davidson ...

34. Learning - Learning & Memory - The Basics
(Neurohacking/Basics)

... for memory –the hippocampus and the amygdala [hereafter often referred to by their NH nicknames of ‘hippo’ and ‘amy’].   The Amygdala’s Role in Memory Studies ...

35. Anat & phys - Anatomy, Physiology & Brain Networks -The Basics
(Neurohacking/Basics)

... in the fine-tuning of movement, and in forming procedural memories of motor skills.   The Amygdala The amygdalae are in the lower part of the brain, beside one end of the hippocampus. They are ...

36. Anxiety - Cortisol and Violent Behavior
(Neurohacking/Disorders & Problems)

... the more instinctive and primitive brain areas, enabling us to cope with perceived stress, worry and threat. At the heart of this process [in Network 3] are the amygdalae, two almond-shaped structures ...

37. Methods - A Brief History on Studying the Brain & Mind
(Neurohacking/Basics)

... cortex is what used to be called the limbic region, a central area containing parts that play a major role in emotional, imaginative and memory processing and are very important in NH: the amygdala, thalamus, ...

38. Sleep - The Importance of Sleep
(Neurohacking/Basics)

... sleep-deprived group, the gruesome images produced 60 per cent more activity in the amygdala - an emotionally responsive part of the brain - than in well-rested people. Further scans revealed that in those ...

39. Autism - A Theory of Autism, by Rama & Lindsay Oberman
(Neurohacking/Disorders & Problems)

... smells, and so on. After being processed in the brain's sensory areas, the information is relayed to the amygdalae, which act as a portal to the emotion-regulating system. Using input from the individual's ...

40. Neurohacking Tutorial 18 - Intelligence, Consciousness and Comprehension
(Contenu non catégorisé)

... adjacent to the amygdala, and in the insula. The relative number of spindle cells varies by species, with humans having by far the greatest amount – over twice the number of our nearest evolutionary ...