Class 16 - Emotion and social learning Flashcards
What is affect?
Conscious subjective feeling about a stimulus
How many basic emotions are there?
Six
What did decorticated dogs that showed rage behavior show about emotional responses?
Emotional responses depend on the diencephalon
Where are the lesion in Kluver Bucy syndrome?
Bilateral removal of amygdala and inferior temporal cortex
What side is better for producing facial expressions?
Left side
What parts of your brain are especially important for emotion?
Amygdala and prefrontal cortex
What behavioral changes occurred after frontal lesions in monkeys?
Messed up social interaction
What is the somatic marker hypothesis?
The brain and body change in response to a important stimulus. Less body reactions mean less intense emotions
What is the cognitive emotional interactions theory
The notion that amygdala circuits interact with cortical circuits to influence affective behavior
What hemisphere is more engaged in automatic components of emotion (generates feelings)?
Right hemisphere
What hemisphere is more engaged in cognitive control of information (interpreting feelings)?
Left hemisphere
What side of the brain is damaged in aprosodia?
Right hemisphere
What is theory of mind?
Ability to understand the mental states of others and the behaviors that result from these mental states
What neural regions are active during social judgement?
Frontal lobe, amygdala, STS cortex
What networks help generate yourself?
right frontal parietal cortex and cortical midline network
What is the medial frontal cortex implicated in?
Social cognition and theory of mind
When people do not show any regret, where are their lesions?
Orbitofrontal lesion
Do you need to memorize the red tables?
No.
At what age do kids begin to describe mental states of others?
3-4 years old
What shows social cognition in infants?
Imitating others
What is voxel based morphometry?
Comparing one brain with another via imaging
What does the Jack and Jill task test for?
False beliefs
What is affective theory of mind?
Knowing when you look like your feel something but you feel another
What did the Yeate’s study show about theory of mind?
More severe TBI caused worse theory of mind
Were kids with TBI able to get responses to their efforts of initiating something
No they were not. Kids can be cruel :(
What did Yeates figure out with the extended class play?
Kids with severe TBI were more likely to be socially rejected and less likely for mutual friendships. Kids with TBI were worse in leadership, prosocial and acceptance ratings
What did fMRI indicate about the grey matter changes in severe TBI kids?
There is less grey matter in the frontal areas
