Amygdalas

Specifically: Conservatives have brains in which areas called amygdalas, which are associated with fear and emotion, are larger. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Infants are born with relatively well-developed amygdalas, which is why they’re so good at being frightened right out of the gate. ❋ Steven Johnson (2004)

Somewhere deep in our amygdalas we know how powerful our mastery over this primal force is, and how much that mastery separates us from all other living things. ❋ Adam Savage (2011)

None of this violence was gratuitous, in my opinion, but what if a study was conducted about mystery writers and their amygdalas? ❋ The Stiletto Gang (2008)

Their amygdalas—the almond-shaped region in the brain that deals with emotion—are overly active, even hyperactive see Figure 1.2. ❋ Michael F. Roizen (2010)

Then, in discussion, someone asked Newberg what Obama should say that would calm people's amygdalas. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After posting nonsense about fluoride and vaccines and beer vs. milk, topics that get the amygdalas going, I tried something closer to the heart. ❋ Doyle (2009)

“The 2-year-olds without autism would see your face, see where you are looking and join you but the children with autism, with large amygdalas, would not.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Neuroscience research indicates that whites 'amygdalas are activated far more when they are subliminally shown black faces as compared to white faces. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The participants said they only saw neutral faces, but the brain scans showed that their amygdalas knew different. ❋ Josh (2007)

People with damage to their amygdalas have difficulty telling if a given facial expression is "fear" as opposed to just "neutral." ❋ Josh (2007)

The fear-some three-some cried out, "[AMYGDALA]!!!" as they [lunged] from the bushes and slaughtered every human soul around. "HAHAHAHAHA!!!!" we laughed, "Your [amygdala] has so many things [going through it] that you just shit yourself!" ❋ Jakeruels (2008)

If I see a tiger in the [shrubbery] my amygdala will trigger a fear response which will [stimulate] my adrenal [glands] to produce the 'fight or flight' reaction. ❋ David R Halliday (2007)

She [ran] [outta here], and let's just say her amygdala was doing all the talking. ❋ Amy G Dala (2016)

man, that chick needs to get her [amygdala] fixed, she totally [tweaked] at me when she found me [in bed with] her sister. ❋ Alissa (2004)

“When [Mike Tyson] bit [Evander Holyfield]’s ear, it was a very bad [business decision] – it cost him $3 million. It was an amygdala hijack,” says Daniel Goleman ❋ Sonagu (2016)

I knew right away that Jackson was trying to [hijack my amygdala] when he said he was finally going to [rehab] after I caught him stealing [the rent] money. ❋ Urban Dakota (2016)