Limbic 2.0

Question 1

Generally, what does the Insula provide us with?

Answer 1

internal state of body feelings

“sinking feeling in the gut”

anterior insula: Empathy

Question 2

the PFC, cingulate, and insula regulate the bad boy of the brain also known as the?

Answer 2

amygdala

Question 3

Somatosensory input to what part of Insula?

then goes to?

Answer 3

posterior to anterior

Question 4

What part of the brain is the insula tight with? what are their respective roles?

Answer 4

Cingulate, ACC

insula is where things come in, gather and form emotional states… and the cingulate gyrus has more to do with actions - how will your behavior be when confronted?

• think about the person you dislike and the next time you confront them. ANTICIPATION.

Question 5

Generally, what does the amygdala do?

Answer 5

sees things in the world that make an emotional impact on us and decides if it’s negative or positive.

“cognitive-emotion interactions then consolidates into memory”

connects with a lot of other structures using ACh to highlight

Question 6

Amygdala: what regulates it and what gives an emotional stimulus context?

Answer 6

regulated by mPFC

context given by hippocampus