Animals In Our Brain: Mickey Mouse, Teddy Bears, and "Cuteness" | Psychology Today - 0 views
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"a specific part of your brain that is hardwired to rapidly detect creatures of the nonhuman kind ..
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(1) the response of cells in the amygdala are independent of the emotional content of the pictures - cute, ugly, and dangerous animals were processed similarly
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(2) only cells in the right amygdala were responsive to seeing animals.
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