Bio : Hormones

Question 1

Researcher

Answer 1

McGGaugh & Cahill

Question 2

Hormone investigated

Answer 2

Adrenaline

Question 3

What is Adrenaline

Answer 3

Adrenaline is produced by the adrenal glands and is released into your bloodstream in response to stressful or dangerous situations.

Question 4

AIM

Answer 4

Investigate effect of adrenaline on creating emotional memories

Question 5

DESCRIBE

Answer 5

PPTS watch slides while listening to a story.
CONDITION 1: uninteresting
CONDITION 2: traumatic story about a boy who was in an accident.
After two weeks ppts came back to answer questions about the slides. Those in CONDITON 2 remembered more.

THEN repeated to test adrenaline, repeated but gave them BETA BLOCKERS. These interfere with the release of adrenaline; in the study it was used to prevent activation of the amygdala to prevent the formation of emotional memory.

Question 6

RESULTS/CONCLUDE

Answer 6

those with BETA BLOCKERS, didn’t remember as many details.

It appears that by interacting with the amygdala, the hormone adrenaline plays a key role in the creation of emotional memories.