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Structure In Brain Linked To Varied Social Life

Posted by timothy on from the party-node-for-party-mode dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists have discovered that the amygdala, a small, almond-shaped structure deep within the temporal lobe, is important to a rich and varied social life among humans. The finding was published this week in a new study in Nature Neuroscience and is similar to previous findings in other primate species, which compared the size and complexity of social groups across those species."

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  1. Re:The ultimate coward by fishexe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm allergic to almonds.

    But are you allergic to almond-shaped non-almonds? That is the question.

    Amygdala != Almond

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  2. so that's it... by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hmmm. Isn't the amygdala the part of the brain fucked up by PTSD? Maybe that would explain why I scare off all my friends.

    OK, by friends, I mean "the cashier at the supermarket" and such.

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  3. Phrenology 2.0 by Opportunist · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Quite seriously. "Oh, Brain part X is big/small/odd, so he has trait Y". Just because we can look past the skull now, we're no longer measuring bumps on the skull, we're measuring bumps inside. Essentially the same bull.

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