The Amygdala and Fear Conditioning

In this video, Dr. Kushner explores the various functions of the amygdala. Don't let it's small size fool you. This almond-shaped structure is vital to our survival, helping us detect threats in the world and triggering a fear response within the body. 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️
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✅Timestamps:
00:00 Amygdala
02:22 What is the Limbic System?
03:11 How Does Lesioning Help Explain the Function of the Amygdala?
05:30 How Does the Amygdala Detect Threats?
09:45 How Does the Amygdala Trigger Our Fight-or-Flight Response?
15:19 Fear Conditioning (Classical Conditioning)
18:32 Positive Emotions

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after two years of study at university, finaly I got the function Amygdala.

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Yeah me too 7 years of study just now know the function. I'm major in accounting by the way

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So where are the memories from the fear conditioning stored? And how can we change this to treat PTSD?

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Dr. Kushner, I shared your lecture with my patient as an introduction to why we are training parasympathetic responses as well as using CBT to identify what possible experiences have trained his fear reactions I like research about positive emotions as a function. That is why we can neutralize the fear with a positive thought. Love the intense emotions lecture. I'll use it too help patients understand and know that they can cope.

[@PsychExplained]

Hi Jacqueline, I'm so happy you shared my lecture on the amygdala with your patient. I find more and more mental health professionals using these kinds of videos with their patients to showcase how the mind and body work.

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My psychiatrist told me that the pain attacks and fear... I'm having are all because of this named the amygdala and you just made me understand what's really happens when I'm having a panic attack or a fear of something. Words can't be enough to describe how thankful i am. Keep up the good work thanks for making this complicated terms make sense and helping us know more about our bodies and how do they function ❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

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Memsaab it is complicated.but yes mostly it is amygdala but you can program it.you can even remove amygdala if your problem is out of control.in Famous experiment they removed they removed amygdala of monkeys

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Panic attacks...suck...I've had hundreds. Literally countless. They're not fun.

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@@mayurdongardive614 how you program something that is constatly fluid with cortisol, adrenalin..? With nutrition yes*

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@@stellaancimer8505 They're working on high-tech methods of directly targeting the amygdala and even shutting off the troublesome parts of it.

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Great video, really clear explenation. Thanks!

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[@PsychExplained]

Check your understanding: Stimulation of the amygdala causes intense emotion, such as A. Empathy and compassion B. Sadness and helplessness C. Fear and aggression D. Pleasure

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fear and aggression

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So the amygdala is not the center of pro social emotions such as empathy compassion an guilt ?

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So happy you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻

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[@PsychExplained]

Thank you for the kind words! Love that phrase “really digestible”. This is the core of every video I make :) Thinking about how we respond to the environment is such a great topic. If you want to research something cool look up “reflex arc”. Our reflexes (like touching a hot stove) is controlled by our spinal cord - our brain is not aware we have touched something hot (or stepped on something sharp) until AFTER we remove our finger (foot) 🧠😎

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[@PsychExplained]

Such kinds words! Thank you so much. I love biopsych as well. I am currently finishing up guided notes for all my videos :)

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@@PsychExplained That's wonderful! I would love to keep a collection of those notes as well. Thank you so so much!

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[@PsychExplained]

Thank you for the kind words! Unfortunately I am not touching on these topics right now. However, I am posting a video on the Limbic System next week.

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Thanks for watching Niharika! My next video is on the Endocrine System! I will be sure to touch on these two structures.

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Do you have a link to the Buddhist information ?

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Thank you for the kind words :)

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Great to hear! Are you trying to understand your own fears and strong emotions?

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So I have just watched a ted talk about self doubt and unconsciousness and in that, the speaker briefly mentions the Amygdala, I had barely heard of this but it sounded interesting so I poorly spelled the word into a google search bar and came across this video and I would just like to say, despite having no understanding of the terminology and the brain on a scientific level, I understood all of this because of your presentation and explanations and this was a very enjoyable video that makes me want to learn so much more about the brain etc, so thank you.

[@PsychExplained]

Very kind words! Feel free to check out my other videos on the brain.

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[@PsychExplained]

Thank you for the kind words. Keep learning!

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I very much appreciate this video, I’m doing a fear conditioning experiment for my science fair and needed at least a basic understanding of how these interesting amygdala do thank you

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Glad it helped! What is your experiment?

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Gre@@humansofmedicine Great to hear!! This is the only 'good 'type of auditory hallucinations...

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[@PsychExplained]

Related videos: Hippocampus: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2LTgaaYi5KYb9Usi=bMi_ghVXWq0I_RUv Limbic system: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqDHdXx3ms18nLcsi=FHkO0zM73K8-Ph6d Temporal lobe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5WVc5Kart2qd9ksi=i5ofii2xF3k-imo7

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There is lateralization of amygdala fuclnction.right amygdala only give negative emotions like aggression while left amygdala gives both positive and negative emotions

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Make a video for hypothalamus soon

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Fight, Flight, or Freeze!

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I always thought this was the emotional center of the brain, but I did not realize how new some of the research about positive emotions were. So is there actually an emotional center of the brain? Thanks for your videos again they are the only reason I am passing my class right now.

[@PsychExplained]

Thank you! When researchers talk about the "emotional center" of the brain they are usually referring to the entire LIMBIC SYSTEM. This includes the amygdala, hypothalamus, hippocampus, etc.

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[@sylviamorgenstern293]

I have one question: you mentioned during the cascade the action potential travels from the pituitary gland to the sympathetic nervous system and then to the Adrenalin glands. Does that mean that the release of our stress Hormons will be triggered by the sympathetic nervous system docking at the Adrenalin glands? Also, I am assuming the action potential travels to the brain stem first (where the sympathetic nervous system starts). Would it travel there coming from the pituitary gland? And at what time comes the prefrontal cortex in to understand what happens? Means at what time during the cascade does the action potential travel from the amygdala to the prefrontal cortex and back? Just trying to understand the holistic picture. Thank you :-)

[@PsychExplained]

Great question. In my opinion, it's hard to articulate the "order of events" because everything that happens in the mind-body occurs so fast...almost simultaneously. BUT, if I was to lay out the order: 1. Amygdala detects a threat in the environment. 2. Signal sent to prefrontal cortex to determine how to respond (“Should I be alarmed?”) 3. Amygdala simultaneously communicates with the hypothalamus/endocrine system AND sympathetic nervous system to trigger fight-or-flight. 4. Hypothalamus communicates with the pituitary gland to send signals to the body to release stress hormones (cortisol, norepinephrine). In turn, receives input from the body.

[@astriutamaa]

This is really cool, which is why the amygdala is associated with anxiety, thanks doc

[@PsychExplained]

Thanks for watching! Some of us have an "overactive" amygdala (not your fault!) which makes it difficult to control our emotions/fears/anxieties. Because the amygdala is one of the oldest parts of the brain, it is often more powerful than the logical, rational side of our brain :(

[@KhadijaKhadija-zp5jr]

@@PsychExplained that exactly what my doctor told me last week. My amygdala is way too reactive to the extent that I sometimes be laugh or busy doing something till the panic attack or my fear of death hits👍❤