How to Use amygdala in a Sentence

amygdala

noun

• The fear response starts in a region of the brain called the amygdala.
  — Arash Javanbakht and Linda Saab, Smithsonian, 28 Oct. 2017
• The amygdala is the part of your brain that processes fear.
  — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The results center on the ancient brain area called the amygdala.
  — Steven Poole, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2017
• Your fear is so acute that the amygdala takes over and adrenaline kicks in.
  — National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2020
• This includes a region called the amygdala that’s been dubbed the home of fear or emotion.
  — Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
• The brain's amygdala acts as a kind of alarm system for the brain that can hijack it while looking for threats.
  — Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY, 1 May 2017
• This activates the amygdala, a little ball of nerves in the brain that detects fear.
  — Anna Brooks, Popular Science, 30 Dec. 2020
• This will help calm your amygdala and could give you a quick boost of feel-good endorphins, says Pittman.
  — Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 3 June 2020
• The brain then sends the message to a part called the amygdala, which controls aggression in humans.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
• At the base of our brains, within the limbic system, is a primitive part called the amygdala.
  — Roberta Moore, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• Throughout, the brain’s amygdala stars as the central player.
  — Hara Estroff Marano, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
• This animation of a brain MRI highlights in green a region deep in the brain called the amygdala.
  — Emily C. Merz, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2024
• One study found that naming negative emotions calmed down the amygdala, the part of the brain where feelings light up.
  — Time, 28 Oct. 2021
• The amygdala is part of the limbic system, the area of the brain associated with emotions.
  — Andrea Kuszewski, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2011
• The scans also showed that the amygdala (involved in anxiety, fear, and stress) got smaller.
  — Katelyn Beaty, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
• Fear starts in the amygdala which rapidly signals danger to the rest of the body, initiating the fight or flight response.
  — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• Your amygdala — your lizard brain — takes over on social media.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• And studies have shown that a part of your brain that's called the amygdala changes its activity pattern.
  — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
• The amygdala is the reflexive part of your brain that responds to danger and potential risks.
  — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2020
• The amygdala and hippocampus, two clumps of gray matter that help govern our moods and emotions, shrink as well.
  — Rene Chun, Los Angeles Magazine, 19 June 2017
• But sit next to that person in a sports stadium, chanting in unison in support of the same team, and your amygdala stays asleep.
  — Robert Sapolsky, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
• Teens process information with the amygdala, and this is the emotional part.
  — Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018
• The hippocampus is near and tightly connected to the amygdala.
  — Arash Javanbakht, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• But around three seconds in, your amygdala starts paging for backup.
  — Mac Schwerin, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• While our frontal cortex wants to think about where the lions may be tomorrow night, our amygdalas are in overdrive.
  — National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2020
• Sure enough, people with IBS have been shown to have a hyperactive amygdala.
  — Jessica Wapner, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2023
• First, the brain on love deactivates the amygdala, which controls the perception of fear, anger and sadness.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Feb. 2020
• To say that my serotonin levels are doing fab and that my amygdala is firing on all cylinders.
  — Claire Fitzsimmons, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• For example, seeing an angry lion in the zoo and in the Sahara both trigger a fear response in the amygdala.
  — Arash Javanbakht, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• These hormones, released during prolonged or acute stress, change brain regions such as the amygdala, which is activated by strong emotions, especially fear and distress.
  — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024