amygdala

«amygdala» in Mova's school dictionary: a small almond-shaped part deep inside the brain that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (the amygdala, amygdalae or amygdalas)

meaning for a pupil

The amygdala is a small almond-shaped part deep inside the brain that helps us feel and react to emotions, especially fear. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and wellbeing lessons it helps explain feelings: the amygdala sounds the alarm in danger ("fight, flight or freeze"). Phrases: the amygdala, brain's alarm.

examples

• The amygdala helps you feel scared when you see danger. tree →
• Your amygdala reacts before you even think. tree →
• Deep breathing helps calm the amygdala. tree →
• The amygdala is shaped like an almond. tree →
• Each brain has two amygdalae, one on each side. tree →
• Scientists study the amygdala to understand fear. tree →

note

Usually "the amygdala". Plural amygdalae or amygdalas. Said a-MIG-da-la. From Greek for almond. Simplified idea: the brain is much more complex than "alarm" parts.

In the corpora

• Fear sets off the brain's alarm system, the amygdala, which prepares the body to fight, run or freeze.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «amygdala» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.