Researchers Find That Shyness May be Caused by Deficiencies in the Brain

Typically, very shy or inhibited individuals are slow to acclimate to new people. New research from Vanderbilt University reveals that this characteristic may be the result of deficits in two areas of the brain.

The study found that people who refer to themselves as “inhibited” may experience habituation failure, or the inability to adapt to new stimuli, in the amygdala and the hippocampus regions of the brain. Research results were published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. For more information, click here to read the full release.