40: Neurophys Of Emotion

Question 1

Mirror neuron system

Answer 1

Circuits that allow us to experience emotion are the same circuits that allow us to ID that emotion in others

Question 2

What does limbic mean? Explain

Answer 2

Means border, named as such bc its at the base of the cerebrum

Question 3

Two big things the limbic system controls

Answer 3

Emotional behavior + motivation

Question 4

Lesion to the amygdala

Answer 4

Fear is not perceived, so fear conditioning will not occur

Question 5

Innate vs learned fear

Answer 5

Innate: unconditioned, requiring no experience
Learned: conditioned, can be learned from experience or indirectly by watching a frightening experience

Question 6

Disgust in Huntington’s disease

Answer 6

Damage to putamen or insular cortex in Huntington’s causes a lack of disgust in pts

Question 7

What is after-discharge? What portion of the brain displays this?

Answer 7

Emotions that last much longer than the event itself; present in anterior cingulate cortex

Question 8

Layers of the anterior cingulate cortex

Answer 8

Mostly paleocortex, but some parts use full six layers