memory and lesions

Question 1

Emotions are ________ and mostly __________ behavioural and cognitive responds to what kind of stimuli?

Answer 1

Emotions are automatic and mostly unconscious behavioural and cognitive responses to positive or negative stimuli

Question 2

Conscious awareness of emotions is referred to as? This means that

Answer 2

Conscious awareness of emotions is referred to as feeling indicating; therefore feelings are generated in the cerebral cortex

Question 3

emotions are ________ whereas feelings

Answer 3

emotions are reflexes; whereas feelings recruit cognitive abilities

Question 4

what are the factors a polygraph machine measures? What does this illustrate?

Answer 4

respiration (breathing changes); perspiration (sweating); palpitation (heart rate); blood pressure; illustrates the relationship between emotions and physical responses

Question 5

the autonomic system is influenced by?

Answer 5

Your emotional state

Question 6

the widely accepted function of the limbic structures is?

Answer 6

that it is linked with: Control of emotions and instinctive behaviour; learning and memory

Question 7

Widely accepted CONCEPT of the limbic structures is?

Answer 7

The limbic system tags/colours sensory input (external and internal environment) with emotional memory and motivation and impacts the emotional motor and cognitive responses important for normal social behaviours and survival

Question 8

describe the triune brain theory

Answer 8

there are three distinct brains (in one) formed like voluntary strata (one upon the older layer similar to layers of deposits in archaeological sites);

Question 9

the hippocampus is an important structure for?

Answer 9

declarative (explicit) memory (e.g. history and facts);

• contains so-called place neurones that help to map and remember places (spatial memory; navigation)
• contains so-called time neurones that help to remember the flow of events in distinct experiences

Question 10

the hippocampus transfers?

Answer 10

short-term memory (specifically the ?when? and ?where? of memory) into the long-term memory (?keyboard? versus ?hard disk? analogy)

Question 11

what are some basic functions of the amygdala?

Answer 11

primarily seen as a centre for fear in the brain (?danger [detector] alarm system of the body?);essential for:
- perception of fear (or threat; friend or foe) and triggers ?fight or flight? responses
- the acquisition of fear in response to stimuli (fear learning)
focusing on faces and emotions (during social interaction)

Question 12

what tract is associated with what tract?

Answer 12

pyramidal tract