wk 6 EMOTION

Question 1

A subject presents with difficulty in emotional perception, facial expression and vocal prosody production. They most likely have damage to which hemisphere of the neocortex?

Answer 1

The right hemisphere

Question 2

A subject presents with difficulty in speech content analysis. They most likely have neocortex damage to which hemisphere?

Answer 2

The left hemisphere

Question 3

Which of the limbic structures is not thought to be involved in emotional processing?

Answer 3

Hippocampus

Question 4

During cognitive reappraisal, which two structures have been shown by neuroimaging to be targets of prefrontal modulation?

Answer 4

Amygdala and insula

Question 5

Which cerebral hemisphere is proposed to implement the social-display rules of positive emotions and link them with communicative functions?

Answer 5

The left cerebral hemisphere

Question 6

James Lang and cannon-bard: which theory addressed the problem posed by the first which did not include people with spinal cord damage due to the physical reaction first theory?

Answer 6

Cannon-Bard proposed 2 p.ways emotional and physical: indirect through hypothalamus

Question 7

Name the main emotional centre in the brain, and the area associated with disgust

Answer 7

Amygdaloid, insult

Question 8

The study of the neural mechanisms of emotion is known as ________ neuroscience

Answer 8

affective neuroscience

Question 9

Name the 6 primary (or innate) emotions (as opposed to secondary/ complex emotions)

Answer 9

Anger.
Disgust.
Fear.
Happiness.
Sadness.
Surprise.

Question 10

There are 2 more modern theories of emotion which do not separate innate and complex emotions. These are

Answer 10

Vector and circumflex

Question 11

Poor visual recognition, Oral exploratory
behaviour, Increased sexual
appetite and Decreased fear and
agression indicate the subject may be have bilateral damage bilaterally to their ______ lobe. This is known as _____ _____ syndrome, and relates to the _____ circuit theory

Answer 11

anterior lobe

KLÜVER-BUCY SYNDROME

Papez circuit theory

Question 12

Name 4 parts of the limbic system that are particularly important for emotion

Answer 12

Thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala and fornix

Question 13

How many nuclei are in the amygdala?

Answer 13

5

Question 14

If my fear recognition is impaired, where might I have lesions?

Answer 14

bilateral amygdala lesions

Question 15

90% of retinal afferents go straight to V1 via the Geniculostriate pathway, whereas 10% travel straight to the LGN via the retino____ pathway

Answer 15

Retinotectal pathway

Question 16

What is the role of the fornix?

Answer 16

The fornix carries information from the hippocampus and other limbic structures to the body

Question 17

Both theories - role for body in generating emotions &
both argue conscious emotional states processed in
neocortex. Which 2 theories are being referred to?

Answer 17

James-Lang and Cannon-Bard

Question 18

Order the Papez-circuit theory of emotion projections in the correct order Cingulate gyrus, Anterior thalamus
Hippocampus, Hypothalamus

Answer 18

Anterior thalamus
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Cingulate gyrus

AH Hildy Can

Question 19

Klüver-Bucy Syndrome might be due to bilateral damage of the ____ lobe (area rather than one of the 4 lobes)

Answer 19

Bilateral anterior lobe resection/damage

Question 20

Amygdala, ventromedial and
orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate gyrus are all regions of the ______ _____ which are thought to be important for emotional processing

Answer 20

Limbic system