Introduction - topics covered Flashcards
list topics that fall under the category of social neuroscience studied in animals and people
animals: mating, pair-bonding, parental behaviour
humans: mating, pair-bonding, parental behaviour, trust, empathy, theory of mind, moral judgement.
what topics fall under the category of affective neuroscience?
neural mechanisms of:
affect (mood) & emotion
Describe 2 ways in which social and affective neuroscience are related
Our emotions guide our social behaviour. Recognizing someones emotions guides our social behavior.
Social and emotional behaviour may have common neural mechanisms. Same brain areas mediate social and emotional behaviour
- limbic system, PFC
Neural mechanisms of social behavior include both specific and general mechanisms. What are the nature of these mechanisms?
Specific: specific for a specific behaviour. Ex: male and female copulatory systems in rodents are in seperate systems
General mechanisms:
An arousal networkd
A reward system important for all affiliative behaviour
A pain network that motivates escape and arousal
Name two components of the mesotelencephalic dopamine pathway
mesolimbic/mesocorical dopamine pathway
The dorsal striatum is composed of two parts
caudate nucleus
putamen
another name for the ventral striatum is
nucleus accumbens
Name 3 areas of the telencephalon that are innervated by the mesolimbic/mesocorical dopamine pathway
Dorsal and Ventral striatum are targets of the telecephalic DA system.
What are the central Qs of affective neuroscience?
- What is the neurobiological substrate of emotion and affect? (Do different emotions have different substrates?)
- What about the experience of emotion and affect? (How does brain activity give rise to the contents of emotional experience?)
is the ability to attribute mental states — beliefs, intents, desires, pretending, knowledge, etc. — to oneself and others and to understand that others have beliefs, desires, and intentions that are different from one’s own.
theory of mind
means the intrinsic attractiveness (positive valence) or aversiveness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation.
valence
A group of interconnected deep brain structures common to all mammals, including the hippocampus and amygdala, involved in olfaction, emotion, motivation, behavior, and various autonomic functions.
limbic system
