Emotion

Question 1

Affective Neuroscience

Answer 1

Science of the investigation of neural basis of emotion and mood

Question 2

James-Large theory

Answer 2

We experience emotion in response to physiological changes in our body

Question 3

Cannon-Bard theory

Answer 3

Emotional experience can occur independently of emotional expression

Question 4

Limbic system

Answer 4

a group of subcortical structures (such as the hypothalamus, the hippocampus, and the amygdala) of the brain that are concerned especially with emotion and motivation. The primary structures within the limbic system include the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, and cingulate gyrus. The amygdala is considered the “emotion center” of the brain, while the hippocampus plays an essential role in the formation of new memories about past experiences.

Question 5

Klüver–Bucy syndrome

Answer 5

a syndrome resulting from bilateral lesions of the medial temporal lobe (including amygdaloid nucleus). Klüver–Bucy syndrome may present with compulsive eating, hypersexuality, insertion of inappropriate objects in the mouth (hyperorality), visual agnosia, and docility.