a: Amygdala ~
b: a four-lane highway

What: "But in the case of fear and anxiety, the frontal cortex is outgunned by the more primitive amygdala system. The brain circuitry that carries fear-inducing signals from the amygdala is like a four-lane highway. But the more analytical and potentially moderating signals from the frontal cortex travel along a smaller, less well-developed pathway that evolved much later in nature."

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Writer: WILLIAM HATHAWAY
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Date: Oct 17 2013 10:32 AM


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