Short summary
unpredictability = neural activity in the amygdala and to elicit anxiety-like behavior
Long summary
Our world is full of unpredictable events. According to research published in The Journal of Neuroscience, “unpredictability is sufficient to induce sustained neural activity in the amygdala and to elicit anxiety-like behavior”
Citation
Herry, Cyril, Dominik R. Bach, Fabrizio Esposito, Francesco Di Salle, Walter J Perrig, Klaus Scheffler, Andreas Lüthi, and Erich Seifritz. “Processing of Temporal Unpredictability in the Human and Animal Amygdala.” The Journal of Neuroscience 27, no. 22 (May 30, 2007): 5958-66.
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