The amygdala is not directly responsible for generosity, but plays an essential regulatory role. — AFP
Why do we help others? This question, as old as human society itself, is now being re-examined by an international research team.
Their findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) point to a specific area of the brain.The basolateral amygdala, nestled in the heart of the limbic system, could well play a decisive role in our social behaviour.
