Find over 25,000 psychological definitions


periamygdaloid cortex

an ill-defined region surrounding the amygdala of the brain that is associated with the sense of smell. The proportion of the brain that it occupies in a particular species seems to depend on the importance of the sense of smell for survival: the greater the importance, the larger the proportion. Dogs, for example, have a larger proportion of olfactory nerve tissue than do human beings. See also pyriform area.

Browse dictionary by letter

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

sudden unexpected nocturnal-death syndrome

sudden unexpected nocturnal-death syndrome

see nightmare-death syndrome.