Names Flashcards
Amygdala activation to emotive faces and pictures
Hariri et al 2002
Amygdala activates greater to unpredictable sounds
Herry et al 2007
VMPFC activates during conscious emotion regulation
Yang et al 2020
VMPFC activates when updating safety threats
Etkin et al 2011
VMPFC damage causes an hyperactive amygdala
Matzin et al 2015
Low serotonin in the VMPFC causes impulsivity and aggression
Frankle et al 2005
Similar seen in monkeys, risk taking behaviour could result in death
Higley et al 1996
Newborns imitate the faces of others
Field et al
Similar facial expressions in blind and seeing athletes
Willingham et al 2009
Same facial expressions across cultures
Ekmen and Friesen 1971
Facial expressions learnt through observation
Olsson and Phelps 2007
Infants cry less in front of peers than caregivers
Zemen and Garber 1996
Different cultures express negative emotions less than others
Friesen 1972
Emotion starts on the left hand side
Sackheim and Gur 1978
Amygdala matures quicker than the VMPFC
Gogtay et al 2004
White matter thins between the Amygdala and VMPFC with age
Westlye et al 2010
Microexpressions
Ekmen 1985
Measure microexpressions via electromyography
Cacioppo et al 1986
Amygdala activates most to negative, ambiguous then positive surprise
Kim et al
Feel emotions easier if muscles are engaged
Rutlidge and Hupke 1985
Feel emotion easier if irrelevant muscles are disengaged
Lewis and Bowler 2009
Lesions to the Amygdala mean you can give facial expressions but not recognise them
Adolphs et al 2004
Focus on different areas on the face
Spezzio et al 2007
Right Frontal Cortex = emotion in voice
Both Frontal Cortex = word meaning
George et al 1996
Auditory and Parietal cortex are activated when listening to emotive music
Koelsch et al 2018
If emotion is unknown, give the emotion which is stronger on the left
Strauss and Moscovitch et al 1981
Unilateral damage to the visual cortex of the brain still allows participants to give the correct expression on the blind side
Tamietto et al 2009
High concordance rate of Epilepsy
Berkovic et al 1998
Spatial orientation is lower in AD patients
Monacelli et al 2003
More atrophy in hippocampus parietal lobe in AD patients
Delpolyi et al 2007
AD = errors in scenes
D = errors in faces
Lee et al 2006
Drugs decreasing Amyloid B reduces the risk of Dementia
Van Dyck et al 2023
S struggles to reverse learn
Waltz and Gold 2007
33.4% CR for schizophrenia if both parents had it, 66.1% if Schizoid Personality was accounted for
Heston 1970
Season of birth, higher likelihood in Feb-May
Kendell and Adams
21% experienced the Flu vs 9% in controls
Brown et al 2004