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Emotion Flashcards

1
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What are the two theories of emotion?

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→ James-Lange

→ Cannon-Bard

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What is the James-Lange theory of emotion?

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→ we experience emotions in response to physiological changes in our body

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What is the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion?

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→ We can experience emotions independently of emotional expression

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When are emotions produced?

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→ When signals reach the thalamus either directly from sensory receptors or by descending cortical input

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5
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What is the brain system responsible for emotion?

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→ Broca’s limbic lobe

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What are the 3 structures that make up Broca’s limbic lobe?

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→ Parahippocampal gyrus
→ Cingulate gyrus
→ Subcallosal gyrus

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What 3 areas of the brain form a ring around the corpus callosum?

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→ Cingulate Gyrus of the Cingulate Cortex
→ Medial surface of the Temporal lobe
→ Hippocampus

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Describe the pathway that emotion takes?

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→ Neocortex sends signals to the cingulate cortex which is responsible for emotions
→ this sends a signal via the hippocampus to the hypothalamus where the expression of emotion occurs

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What is the proof that the hippocampus is involved in the behavioural expression of emotion?

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→ Rabies infects the hippocampus

→ hyperemotional responses

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10
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What does a lesion in the anterior thalamus cause?

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→ Spontaneous laughing or crying

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What are the 3 subdivisions of the hippocampal complex?

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→ Dentate gyrus
→ CA1-CA4 subfields
→ Subiculum

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What are the 6 structures that make up the limbic system?

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→ Cingulate gyrus
→ Parahippocampal structures
→ Septal nuclei 
→ Amygdala
→ Entorhinal cortex
→ Hippocampal complex
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What is the function of the limbic system?

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→ Attaches behavioural significance and response to a stimulus

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What does damage to the limbic system in animals cause?

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→ profound effects on emotional responsiveness

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What are the 3 roles of the cingulate gyrus?

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→ Complex motor control
→ Pain perception
→ Social interactions/mood

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What roles do the hippocampus and the para-hippocampal areas have?

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→ memory

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What is the function of the amygdala?

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→ Involved in learning and storage of emotional aspects of experience

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What are the 2 ways to find out the function of a structure in the brain?

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→ Lesion brain part

→ Hyperactivate it

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19
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Where is there activity during fear?

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→ Activity in the amygdala

20
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What emotions does the amygdala control?

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→ Fear
→ Anxiety
→ Aggression

21
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Where is the amygdala found?

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→ Near the hippocampus

22
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What are the 3 subnuclei of the amygdala?

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→ Corticomedial nuclei
→ Central nucleus
→ Basolateral nucleus

23
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Where does the amygdala receive input from?

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→ The neocortex

→ All lobes including the hippocampal and cingulate gyri

24
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What do the basolateral nuclei receive information from?

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→ ALL sensory systems

25
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What is the output of the amygdala?

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→ Hypothalamus

26
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What are the amygdala output pathways?

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→ Stria terminalis

→ Ventral amygdalofugal pathway

27
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What happens when the temporal lobe is removed in animals?

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→ Psychic blindness
→ Oral tendencies
→ Emotional changes
→ Altered sexual behaviour

28
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What does an amygdalectomy do?

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→ Reduces fear
→ Reduces aggression
→ reduces ability to recognize a fearful expression
→ Flattened emotion

29
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What happens if you hyperactivate the amygdala?

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→ INcreased vigilance
→ Anxiety
→ Fear
→ Aggression

30
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What is the amygdala involved in?

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→ PTSD

→ Giving emotional content to memories

31
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What are the two types of aggression?

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→ Predatory aggression

→ Affective aggression

32
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What is predatory aggression?

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→ Attacks made against a member of a different species to obtain food
→ No sympathetic activity

33
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What is affective aggression?

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→ For show
→ Threatening postures
→ Social hierarchy
→ High levels of sympathetic activity

34
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What are the two surgeries to reduce human aggression?

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→ Amygdalaectomy

→ Psychosurgery

35
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What are the effects of psychosurgery?

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→ Reduced aggressive behaviour
→ relief from anxiety
→ Unpleasant side effects

36
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What happens when you remove the cerebral hemispheres but not the hypothalamus?

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→ sham rage

37
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What happens when you remove both cerebral hemispheres and the anterior hypothalamus?

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→ sham rage

38
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What happens when you remove the posterior hypothalamus?

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→ No sham rage

39
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What does electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus lead to?

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→ Effective and predatory aggression

40
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What is affective aggression elicited by?

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→ Stimulating the medial hypothalamus

41
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What is predatory aggression elicited by?

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→ Stimulating the lateral hypothalamus

42
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What are the 2 structures involved with predatory aggression?

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→Medial forebrain bundles

→ Ventral tegmental area

43
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What are the 2 structures involved with affective aggression?

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→ Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus

→ Periaqueductal grey matter

44
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How is aggression related to serotonin?

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→ inversely related to serotonergic activity

45
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What antagonists increases aggression?

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→ 5HT antagonists

46
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What agonists decrease aggression?

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→ 5HT1A

→ 5HT1B

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