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What's the part of the brain (I believe it's located in the parietal lobe) that remembers fearful events?

Asked by VanCityKid (579points) January 30th, 2010

Such as, if somebody were to raise their fist then punch you, the next time they raise their fist you will flinch. The main contributer for agoraphobia.

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CyanoticWasp's avatar

I’m afraid… I don’t know.

VanCityKid's avatar

@CyanoticWasp – It’s okay it was on the tip of my tongue and finally fell out as soon as I hit “submit question”

shadling21's avatar

…What’s it called, then?

OneMoreMinute's avatar

Caudete Nucleus?

dazedandconfused's avatar

The amygdala processes fear, or so I believe. Neuro killed me in psych so I could be wrong.

Janka's avatar

I believe what you are looking for is amygdala. Be careful, though: brain functions are not very well understood and the idea that particular parts of brain fully explain this or that phenomenon are very likely very oversimplified.

VanCityKid's avatar

No, it’s the Cingulate Gyrus.

mattbrowne's avatar

Amygdala. It contains a danger database.

VanCityKid's avatar

Yeah, it does. But I’m looking for the Cingulate Gyrus. Already been checked out by my prof.

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