Amygdala

Scientific studies have led to the discovery of the location of its neurons that are responsible for fear conditioning. | Fear conditioning is an associative learning process by which we learn through repeated experiences to fear something. | The amygdala is involved in autonomic responses associated with fear and hormonal secretions. | For example, when we hear an unpleasant sound, the amygdala heightens our perception of the sound. | This heightened perception is deemed distressing and memories are formed associating the sound with unpleasantness.