Chapter 6

Question 1

Things to remember

Answer 1

Brain regions:

Can be broken up into multiple things
Are involved in multiple emotions

Emotions involve multiple brain regions

Question 2

Affective-related brain regions :

Amygdala

Answer 2

Threat conditioning

Question 3

Affective-related brain regions :

Nucleus accumbens

Answer 3

Reward anticipation

Question 4

Affective-related brain regions : orbitofrontal cortex

Answer 4

Reversal learning or emotion regulation

Question 5

The amygdala can initiate

Answer 5

The central nucleus of the amygdala projects to regions capable of initiating blood pressure, cortisol, and freezing

Question 6

Patient SM

Answer 6

Has damaged to the amygdala and reports no feeling of “fear”

Question 7

The amygdala and other regions can initiate which of the following

Subjective feeling
Expression 
Physiological changes 
Action (tendency)
Cognition

Answer 7

Subjective feeling

Physiological changes

Question 8

Is the amygdala and NAcc specific to fear or reward ?

Answer 8

No, different regions seem to be involved in appetitive and aversive behaviors

Question 9

Is OFC specific to reversal learning ?

Answer 9

No, OFC lesions decrease threat-induced freezing behavior

Question 10

Dimensional model prediction

Answer 10

People looked at emotional images and rated how they felt during viewing

Patterns of fMRI activation during viewing could predict emotion feelings

Question 11

Based on fMRI signals researchers can predict ?

Answer 11

Intensity of self-reported negative affect during picture viewing

Which emotion was targeted by different film clips or imagination