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Canli et. al Flashcards

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Background

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People are more likely to recall emotional experiences compared to non-emotional ones
amygdala appears to play a critical rolein such an enhancement of emotional damage

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Past studied using PET and MRI scans have shown correlations between?

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the amygdala activation and the presentation and recall of emotional stimuli

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What is a structural scan

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it takes detailed pictures of the brain

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what is a functional scan

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shows activity levels in different areas of the brain

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what is the amygdala? (4)

psychology being investigated

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almond shaped
set of neurons
located in the brain’s medial temporal lobe
plays a key role in the processing of emotions

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What is the fMRI

psycholgoy being investigated

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it is a neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow

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How does the fMRI work?

3 key notes

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non-invasive brain scanning technique
uses radio waves, coupled with a strong magnetic field, to get a detailed view of the brain

The fMRI sends a magnetic field through a person’s head. This causes the nuclei in hydrogen particles to spin a particular way and the scanner pics this up. Because hydrogen concentrations vary in different parts of the brain, a detailed picture is made.

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Method

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Lab experiment and correlational study

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Design

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Independant measures design

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Sample (3)

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10 women
all righthanded
volunteer

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why were there only women include in the study

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because they report emotional experiences more and show more psychological reactivity with valence judgements

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Aims

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  1. to investigate whether the amygdala is sensitive to varying degrees of individual emotional experiences
  2. To test the role of the amygdala and the memory that is associated with intense emotion
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IV

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intensity ratings of each stimulus

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DV

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self report percentages of forgotten, familiar or remembered

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Correlations between the amygdala activation and the presentation and recall of emotional stimuli were because of what three reasons

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  1. Some individuals are more responsive to emotional experiences than others (amygdala activation= personality)
  2. Some individuals may have already been in a state that enhanced responsiveness during scanning
  3. Amygdala activation= individual emotional experience
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Summary of procedure (5)

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  • ppts saw neutral and negative scene
  • they then indicated how they experienced the emotional intensity of each scene
  • a separate fMRI scan was recorded for each experience
  • three weeks later, ppts memories were assessed
  • each amygdala response could be related to the pts report of emotional intensity
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neutral emotions are?

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○ those that do not cause activation of the sympathetic nervous system
○ e.g. person walking on street, birds flying

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Negative intense emotions are?

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○ those that will activate the sympathetic nervous system
○ e.g. Someone fighting

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Apparatus

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  • fMRI scanner
  • 96 pictures from the International Affective Picture System each with ratings on valence and arousal
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How was readings on the MRI calculated (2)

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  • ppts were measured first at baseline then at activation
  • baseline tasks are an objective measure of testing the intervention of a procedure
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What did participants do after seeing the fixation cross (4)

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  • they had to indicate their emotional arousal
  • by pressing a button
  • they had to choose one of four buttons
  • 0 being not emotionally intense at all and 3 being extremely emotionally intense
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Describe the recognition test (4)

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  • included old 96 scenes and new 48 scenes
  • new scenes had been matched with valence and arousal
  • asked if they had seen picture before,
    remember= certain
    know= less confident
    no= don’t remember
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where were the photographs from

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international affective picture system

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How long was each picture presented for

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2.88 seconds

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what was the time difference between pictures

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12.96 seconds

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How were the scenes viewed

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through a mirror directed at a back-projected screen

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How was head movement minimised

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  • by using a bite bar that was formed with each subject’s dental impression
  • motion artifact was examined and corrected automatically
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Why would they look at the fixation cross

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to make sure that they are looking at the same spot

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how many new foils were there

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48

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What was the correlational map for

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to show correlation between brain activation and subject arousal ratings and memory scores

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correlation

conc 1

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amygdala activation is significantly correlated with higher ratings of individually experienced emotional intensity

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sensitive to

conc 2

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amygdala is sensitive to individually experienced emotional intensity of visual scenes

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How is there application to everyday life

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the findings of the study may be useful for advertising agencies.
If emotionally intense information is more likely to be recognised or recalled then ads may be designed to contain intense imagery

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Controls (3)

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  • order of pictures were randomised
  • each pic presented for 2.88s
    0 12.96 secs between the pics
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Result 1- self report

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0- 29%
1- 22%
2- 24%
3- 25%

therefore, difference in recall was not caused by the number of scenes in each category

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Result 2- activation

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amygdala activation was significantly bilaterally correlated with ratings of emotional arousal

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Result 3- memory recall

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Memory recall was better for pictures rated ‘3’ compared to others. 42% of scenes rated ‘3’ were remembered

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Result 4- left amygdala

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left amygdala was found to correlate with the emotional intensity of the memory

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Result 5- about not amygdala

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other brain locations in the frontal and temporal regions also correlated with emotional experiences and subsequent memory

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Arousal

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how active the SNS is when exposed to a stimuli

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Valence

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attractiveness or aversiveness of an event or situation

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Reliable? Yes (2)

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Uses scientific equipment such as the fMRI scan
has standardised procedures such as 2.88s to look at scene

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Generalisable?

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Has an all female sample.
This means that it can’t be generalised to men

As the ways in which males and females process emotional information may be different and therefore conclusions about brain regions may only apply to females

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Correlational approach, good?

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analyses used in correlational mapping which only shows relationship between the valence of pictures and brain activation. Therefore, cause and effect may not be established as extraneous variables are not considered

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Ethics- protection

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participants were exposed to emotionally charged imagery which may have stressed some of them
No happy imagery was used to alleviate any negative mental state that they may have developed.

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Why would study be difficult for children (2)

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  • children might need to stay still
  • may be scared of machine
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Nature points (4)

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  • the study is about brain function which is a biological mechanism
  • amygdala is part of brain hence is biological
  • blood-oxygen levels were measured, which is biological in nature
  • females were used due to them being more likely to show emotional reactions which is a biological difference to men
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Explain why the study is from the biological approach

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  • study was investigating role of amygdala in memories. Biological approach is interested in role of the brain in our behaviour
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Weakness of using brain scans (2)

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  • people may act differently compared to when having the scan so emotional intensity in real life-situation may have been different
  • people may feel stressed when doing the scan affecting their rating of emotional intensity reducing validity

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