Building on this information, the present study explored whether viewing pictures of romantic attachment figures while receiving pain activated similar neural regions, leading to reductions in the distressing experience of physical pain. (pnas.org)
We review the fMRI data indicating that particular comorbidities of CD / ODD (i.e., mood and anxiety conditions such as childhood bipolar disorder and PTSD) are associated with either increased responsiveness of neural regions implicated in the basic response to threat (e.g., the amygdala) or decreased responsiveness in regions of frontal cortex (e.g., ventromedial frontal cortex) that are implicated in the regulation of the basic threat response. (cambridge.org)
This language - related neural region enhanced social emotions and communication in the still - undated southern African Homo species, researchers contend. (sciencenews.org)