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| What is emotion? | Associated with psychological response that cause action |
| What is the autonomic nervous system? | Conveys sensory info to rest of brain stimulates reflex actions largely unconscious |
| Sympathetic branch? | Intense quick response fight or flight emergency prep |
| Parasympathetic branch | Non emergency prep increasing digestion saving energy calms body down |
| James Lange theory | Scary thing> appraisal> run away> fear ppl with paralysis still report emotions ppl with autonomic failure report less emotion |
| Use of limbic system? | Crucial to emotion & motivation sensory input, emotional responses to pain regulates beh. |
| What does the insula cortex do? | Primary taste cortex |
| Left hemisphere | Beh. activation system low autonomic arousal approach (happiness, anger) left frontal & temporal lobes ppl with more activity in left- happier |
| Right hemisphere | Beh. inhibition system increased attention & arousal inhibited action right frontal & temporal lobes |
| Wada procedure? | Right hemisphere inactivated remember sig. events felt no emotion |
| Function of emotion? | Survival response fear= run away anger= attack |
| Emotion not just linked to humans | Darwin chimps bared teeth and smile like humans |
| Basic muscles.. | Always present, always symmetrical |
| Non basic muscles.. | Not always present, not always symmetrical |
| Why are fear and anger studied together? | Fear= escape (flight) anger= aggression (fight) fight or flight system (sympathetic NS) |
| Development of aggression? | Heredity & environment genetic contribution to violence monozygotic twins more likely to resemble other criminal beh. smoking during pregnancy= criminal activity as adult higher levels of testosterone |
| Brain area associated with aggression? | No specific area associated with anger hypothalamus induces aggressive attacks |
| Hormones associated with aggression? | Low serotonin release based on correlations decreased serotonin turnover |
| What is serotonin? | Neurotransmitter associated with regulation |
| Monkey serotonin experiment | Monkeys with lowest serotonin turnover= more aggressive all died young overreacting to fear has problems |
| What is the startle reflex? | Response to sudden loud noise very fast cochlea nucleus > pons > muscle tension in neck (protective) |
| What is the amygdala's role in start reflex? | Disrupts startle reflex impairing animals ability to learn which stimuli are scary amygdala enhances startle reflex- help conditioned responses to form |
| What is the process of fear? | 1. sensory info 2. amygdala 3. midbrain 4. pons |
| What is toxoplasma? | Parasite reproduces in cats infects rats & migrates to brain damages amygdala rat doesn't condition fear properly approaches cat gets eaten |
| What is Kluver bucy syndrome? | Amygdala damage makes tame monkeys approach snakes approach dominant monkey amygdala doesn't control fear more inhibition |
| How does the amygdala relate to fear in humans? | Emotional processing Reponses when ppl look at emotional expressions responds to emotional stimuli- isn't identified consciously work out if ppl are directing emotion at you |
| Patient with amygdala damage | Asked to draw faces showing different emotions couldn't depict fear |