Week 9 Emotion

Question 1

Who was patient SM?

Answer 1

She had a degenerative disorder that affected the amygdala and did not feel fear

Question 2

What is the Papez circuit of emotion?

Answer 2

Hypothalamus, anterior thalamus, cingulate gyrus and hippocampus

Question 3

What other structures were added later?

Answer 3

Broca’s limbic lobe, subcortical nuclei and portions of basal ganglia.
Paul Maclean later added amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex

Question 4

What is the Dimensions of Emotion approach?

Answer 4

Emotions are reactions to events on a continuum. Characterized by two factors - valence (pleasant/ unpleasant)
and arousal (high/ low intensity)

Question 5

What is the Davidson and colleagues (1990) approach and withdrawal theory?

Answer 5

different emotional states motivate us to either approach or withdraw

Question 6

What is the amygdala necessary for in emotion?

Answer 6

Implicit expression of emotional learning but not all memory.
Critical for the acquisition and expression of implicitly conditioned fear responses

Question 7

What is the hippocampus necessary for in emotion?

Answer 7

Acquisition of explicit knowledge of the emotional properties of stimulus