Anxiety disorders are a significant problem in the community, and recent neuroimaging research has focused on determining the brain circuits that underlie them. Research on the neurocircuitry of anxiety disorders has its roots in the study of fear circuits in animal models and the study of brain responses to emotional stimuli in healthy humans.

Use the article: The roles of the amygdala in the affective regulation of body, brain, and behaviour By Marco Mirolli, Francesco Mannella and Gianluca Baldassarre

Emotions can occur in the absence of awareness. Several research studies implicate the role of the amygdala in mediating emotional responses to external stimuli in various species, including humans.

Use the Excelsior College Library (ECL) and find a research article published after 2008 that describes the role of the amygdala in mediating emotional responses and motivated behaviors. You are free to select a paper for either human participants or non-human subjects. Write a summary of the paper, making sure to address the following:

1. Purpose of the investigation, with 2-3 sentences about the background of the investigation, and the question addressed (It is important that you write this part specifically about how the role of the amygdala will be addressed.)

2. Participants or subjects

3. Experimental design (Include apparatus, control, and experimental variables.)

4. Results (Include discussion of values obtained for the control and experimental variables and how these were analyzed.)

5. Conclusions and interpretation about the role of the amygdala in emotional responses

6. Cite the article and any other sources in APA citation format.