emotion Flashcards
what systems deal with emotion
the sympathetic NS arouses (fight or flight)
the parasympathetic NS calms (rest and digest)
explain embodied emotion: the role of autonomic nervous system
- the physiological arousal during various emotions is orchestrated by the sympathetic nervous system, which triggers activity and changes in various organs
- later, the parasympathetic division calms down the body
what is the amygdala
-emotional learning: good and bad
-fear conditioning
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what is Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
amygdala damage, stop being afraid and engage in extremely risky behaviors
explain the memory enhancement effect
interacts with hippocampus and helps enhance emotional memories
what are the two visual pathways
1) fast pathway from thalamus: allows us to act very quickly with limited information (that might be a spider)
2) regular pathway to visual cortex: through interaction with attentional network to enhance processing of emotional stimuli
explain the difference of wanting v. liking
i want to check my email v. i actually like to spend time with my family (dont actually like to check email)
what is the nucleus accumbens
deals with reward and addictioon
- rewards: money, sweets and attractive faces
- addiction: cigs, phone
nucleus accumbens anticipates rewards if they are expected
what is the cingulate cortex
- monitors emotioan
- monitors cognition and errors (ERN), may be an emotional event
what is the orbitofrontal cortex
- involved in emotional decision making (tracks reward vs. loss, regret and relief)
- involved in “reversal learning”
what occurs with damage to the orbitofrontal cortex
- uninhibited behaviors
- socially inappropriate behavior
- inability to learn from mistakes
explain regulating emotions
- prepare for pain: “imagine being in a special place”
- leads to increased activity in right lateral prefrontal cortex prior to pain stimulus: source of regulation
- leads to decreased anterior cingulate activity (pain perception region): STE of regulation
