Emotion

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

Consists of feelings, actions, physiological arousal and motivational processes.

Question 2

Hypothalamus and Emotion

Answer 2

Links the CNS and PNS, thus inducing physiological states.

Question 3

Limbic System and Emotion

Answer 3

Plays a key role in emotion and consists of the amygdala, mammillary bodies, fornix, hypothalamus and hippocampus.

Question 4

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Answer 4

Separation between sensory processing and the limbic system. Results in hypersensitivity to environmental stimuli and a low of capacity to select the appropriate response.

Question 5

Amygdala and Emotion

Answer 5

Connected to the hippocampus, PFC, medial dorsal nucleus and olfactory bulbs. Adds emotional content to sensory information. Damage can lead to flat affect. Coordinates but doesn’t cause emotion.

Question 6

Cortex and Emotion

Answer 6

PFC damage results in emotion being determined by environmental stimuli rather than internal predictions. Frontal cortex integrates information about the current situation, emotional memories of past events and the anticipated emotional consequences of current actions.

Question 7

Neurotransmitters and Emotion

Answer 7

Imbalance of glutamate and GABA in the amygdala can result in negative emotions. Androgens and associated with aggression, dopamine is associated with infatuation and oxytocin is associated with love. A combination of multiple neurotransmitters provides the experience of emotion.