Happiness Flashcards

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Laughter is associated with a specific facial muscle called the

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zygomatic major

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The Sul’s incongruity theory suggests that

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humor arises when logic and familiarity are replaced by things that don’t normally go together (expectancy violation)

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Humor tickles drug center that gives hedonistic high

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funny cartoons correspond to activity in the nucleus accumbens

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Personality differences in laughter: extroverts …

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have higher frequency of laughter, smiling, feelings of subjective well-being, and an increased propensity to tell jokes

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Emotional stability is associated with increased activity in the ___

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striatum

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Increased activity in the vmPC is associated with…

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extroversion

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Sex differences in laughter: men produce more humor than females, good sense of humor important in attraction, women like a funny man, while men like women who will laugh at their jokes; related to genetic quality and important in mate choice

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In Azim et al (2005), females activate the ___ and ____ areas more than males, implying greater reward network response

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dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; mesolimbic

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A set of systems are involved in the control of emotions and these include ____ of ____, and ___ or ____ of _____

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control of attention, reappraisal or suppression of emotional stimuli

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The dorsolateral and ventrolateral PFC are involved in _______

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the reappraisal or suppression of emotional stimuli

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Cataplexy is caused by decreased neurotransmitters called _____

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orexins aka hypocretins

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Cataplexy is observed in a subset of patients with _____ and affects approx. 1 in ____ persons

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narcolepsy; 2000

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Cataplexy is most often triggered by strong emotions such as ___

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laughter

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Symptoms of cataplexy can vary considerably ranging from a mild sensation of ____, ______ and ____, to complete _____

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floating, daytime sleepiness, abnormal rapid eye movement; muscle paralysis lasting up to several minutes

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In laughter and cataplexy, the ventrolateral PFC is associated with ____

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suppression/control

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In laughter and cataplexy, the ventral striatum is associated with

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reward

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Cataplexy may be associated with a shutdown of the ___

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hypothalamus