Chapter 20: Emotion and the Social Brain Flashcards
1
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dichotomies of emotions
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- aroused vs. not aroused
- pleasant vs. unpleasent
2
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behavioral components of emotion
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- psychophysiology
- motor behavior
- cognition
- unconsious behavior
3
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Klüver-Bucy syndrome
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- bilateral inferior temporal damage incl. amygdala
- no fear
- hyperoral, hypermetamorphosis
- increased and strange sexuality
- visual agnosia
4
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mammillary nucleus
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- connects hypothalamus and anterior thalamus which then connects to cingulate
5
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parts of amygdala
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- corticomedial
- basolateral
- central
6
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somatic marker hypothesis
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- external events induce affect
- evidence: spinal cord patients are less emotional
7
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cognitive-emotional interaction theories
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- conscious and unconscious fear response
8
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LH lesion and fear
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- “catastrophic” reactions
- correlates with aphais
9
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RH lesion and fear
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- “indifferent” reactions
- correlates with neglect
10
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cognitive control of emotion
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- LH
11
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automatic components of emotion
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- RH
12
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six behavioral changes in frontal lobe monkeys
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- reduced social interaction
- reduced dominance
- inappropriate interaction
- altered preference
- altered affect
- volcalizatoin
13
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insula lesion
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- increased pain threshold
- decreased pain empathy
14
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bilateral vmPFC damage
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- impaired conduct, decsions, emotion processing
15
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RH vmPFC lesion
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- acquired sociopathy
16
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temporal and frontal lesions for emotion
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- deficits facial expressions, social speech and recognition thereof
17
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mentalizing network
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- STS and anterior temporal
- understanding other’s actions
18
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empathy network
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- insula and cingulate
- empathy
19
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mirror/simulation/action-perception network
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- mirror neurons in parietal and premotor
20
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locus of the “self”
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- RH frontoparietal network
- cortical midline network
