What's an author's purpose? Have you ever been to Chuck e. Cheese? It's one of the best places for kids to play! They have many games and activities for the children to play, most costing a single token, which you can purchase at the front. And who doesn't love pizza? Plus, they have all those prizes, which are totally cool.

The authors purpose is to give a recommendation.

an author's purpose is what the author want you to take away from  a story

Explanation:

the support that the author, uses in the article facing our fears is a): a definition of the part of the brain called the amygdala.

he takes neuroscientist joseph ledoux's words by telling that by falling to distinguish between evolutionary old systems located in the amygdala and newer systems, centered in the prefrontal cortex, doctors have conflated non conscious threat circuits in the brain with circuits that underlie the conscious experience of fear. that, the author says, "leads ledoux to the jarring conclusion that the amygdala, a decades-old centerpiece of the brain's fear circuit, does not underlie the conscious feeling of fear".

despite this, the author points out in the article that that is a controversial notion and that evidence, in animal and humans, supports the idea that core emotions can exist outside of conscious awareness.