The Amygdala

Jen talks to acclaimed Professor of Neural Science, Joseph LeDoux about how memory shapes our emotions, the limitations of anxiety medication, why people are not getting it right when they call the amygdala the "fear center", and Joseph talks about his band The Amygdaloids. Joseph LeDoux has been working on the link between emotion, memory, and the brain since the 1990s. He's credited with putting the amygdala in the spotlight and making this previously esoteric subcortical brain region a household term. LeDoux founded the Emotional Brain Institute (EBI). He’s also a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center. For more information on Joseph LeDoux and his books go here: https://joseph-ledoux.com and to check out Joseph's band The Amygdaloids go here: http://www.amygdaloids.com/music/ For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast To send an email to the show write to anxietybitesweekly at gmail dot com. Follow Jen on Twitter @jenkirkman or Instagram @jenkirkman  Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ PoswaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.