Limbic Summary OJ

Question 1

Amygdala links aversive and appetitive stimuli with

______________________

Answer 1

physiologic responses, action patterns, perceptions, and predictions

Question 2

The Insula constitutes primary olfactory, gustatory, and

visceral sensory cortex. Links between ______________

Answer 2

insula, VMPFC,

and amygdala relate these senses to emotion

Question 3

VMPFC and ventral striatum are (respectively) critical for

generating and reinforcing predicitons about the ______________

Answer 3

risks and rewards associated with actions

Question 4

____________ links aversive and appetitive stimuli with
physiologic responses, action patterns, perceptions, and
predictions

Answer 4

Amygdala

Question 5

________________ signals
contribute to synaptic plasticity and associative learning in
the amygdala, ventral striatum, and VMPFC

Answer 5

VTA (reward and punishment and salience)

Question 6

The ______________ constitutes primary olfactory, gustatory, and
visceral sensory cortex. Links between insula, VMPFC,
and amygdala relate these senses to emotion

Answer 6

Insula

Question 7

____________ are (respectively) critical for
generating and reinforcing predicitons about the risks and
rewards associated with actions

Answer 7

VMPFC and ventral striatum

Question 8

Amygdala links _____________ stimuli with
physiologic responses, action patterns, perceptions, and
predictions

Answer 8

aversive and appetitive

Question 9

The Insula constitutes ____________. Links between insula, VMPFC,
and amygdala relate these senses to emotion

Answer 9

primary olfactory, gustatory, and

visceral sensory cortex

Question 10

VTA (reward and punishment and salience) signals
_______________ in
the amygdala, ventral striatum, and VMPFC

Answer 10

contribute to synaptic plasticity and associative learning

Question 11

VMPFC and ventral striatum are (respectively) critical for

_____________ about the risks and rewards associated with actions

Answer 11

generating and reinforcing predicitons

Question 12

These structures interact with one another to develop
complex autonomic, sensory, and motor behaviors that
constitute behavioral anticipation of appetitive and aversive events

Answer 12

These structures interact with one another to develop
complex autonomic, sensory, and motor behaviors that
constitute behavioral anticipation of appetitive and aversive events