BrainBlog

From the BBC : Patients with amygdala injury 'unafraid' to gamble 09 February 2010 "Californian scientists think they may have discovered the part of the brain which makes people fear losing money." Read the full article

Al Gore brings in a fair smattering of neuroscience in his excellent new book, especially in a chapter about the politics of fear. [photograph by anthony risser, copyright 2007.]