Roaming Brain - Almond Body

The amygdala is a 'threat detector'. It is responsible for making automatic and rapid responses to fear and threatening stimuli, such as the "fight or flight" response.

The unit is designed for unsupervised public use: controls are recessed or shielded, moving parts are enclosed, and the interface is operable by a child of about six with no instruction. Where a screen is used, the language can be switched without changing the hardware, and the content can be replaced on site.

The amygdala is a small almond shaped brain structure located at the center of the brain. The amygdala is a "threat detector" responsible for automatically and quickly responding to fear and threatening stimuli, receiving threat related signals quickly and roughly through subcortical pathways. The amygdala is a key brain region structure for the acquisition and storage of fear experiences, which has been concluded through extensive research on fear conditioning. On the one hand, while conducting fear learning, scanning can detect significant amygdala activation; On the other hand, the amygdala is also a place for storing memories of fear experiences, mainly manifested in the preservation of memory traces.