Cool Profiles: Dr Jodie Pestana

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Dr. Jodie Pestana is a behavioural neuroscientist. Her work focuses on the amygdala, the emotional alarm centre of the brain. She explores the reasons why the amygdala sends out an anxiety alarm at different times in our lives.

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