Neurophysiology Of Emotion-DSA

Question 1

Two Types of Fear

Answer 1

Innate
-loud noises are a great example

Learned
-from watching someone else or from personal experience

Question 2

Two sensory inputs to create fear in Amygdala

Answer 2

Direct thalamo-amygdaloid pathway to lateral nuc
-rapid response

Indirect thalamo-cortico-amygdaloid pathway to lateral nuc
-later responses of fear

Question 3

In damage to the amygdala, can fear be perceived?

Answer 3

Nope!

Question 4

Anger

Answer 4

Mediated through amygdala using D2 receptors

Inhibition requires
-neocortex, VM hypothalamic nuclei

Question 5

Avoidance

Answer 5

Uses lateral posterior hypothalamus, dorsal midbrain, entorhinal cortex

Question 6

Sadness

Answer 6

Anterior cingulate cortex

-strongly activated when recalling sad events

Question 7

Disgust

Answer 7

Uses insular cortex/putamen

-processes and recognizes social cues

Question 8

Surprise

Answer 8

Parahippocampal Gyrus

-important in detecting novelty

Question 9

Cortical COntrol of Emtiontion

Answer 9

Using the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

-ventral=affective, dorsal=cognitive

Question 10

Ventromedial PFC gets input from?

Answer 10

Amygdala, hippocampus, and dorsolateral PFC

Question 11

Three Roles of Cortical Control of emotion

Answer 11

Reward processing (orbitofrontal)
-link new stimulus to primary reward

Integration of Body Signals (VM PFC)
-gut feeling

Top down Regulation
-delayed gratification

Question 12

What does the lateral nucleus of the amygdala do?

Answer 12

It integrates the inputs of learned fear

Question 13

Where does the lateral nucleus of the amygdala send the next information to?

Answer 13

The basal and intercalated nuclei

-required for additional processing

Question 14

What does the central nucleus of the amygdala do after it gets info from the basal and lateral nucleus?

Answer 14

Decides what responses are required and relays info to hypothalamus for physiological responses