Amygdala

Since I started working as a trainee IT technician I find myself spending more and more time online, sometimes researching the work I've been given, alot of the time catching up with other things...such as my mini ebay empire, twitter, etc. Facebook however, is a big no-no, it bores me with all the farmville crap that people keep sending me; no I don't want a virtual pig, or lost lamb, or to help you with your imaginary field. I suppose because I don't play it, I don't really understand the addiction people feel with it.

Anyway, speaking of addiction I came across this article;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8504605.stm

It remarked upon the case studies involving two individuals with damage their Amygdalae; the amygdalae are related to emotional processing and memory of emotional reaction, therefore damage to this region of the brain results in problems with emotional reaction. In the case of the news report damage to the amygdala resulted in the patients exhibiting "loss aversion" (inability to avoid a choice that may result in a loss), it stopped them from feeling fear when making a bet.

It does make for an interesting read!