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| Only higher vertebrates (birds, mammals, etc) |
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| What are the 3 types of emotional responses? |
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-Behavioral (movements that are appropriate to the situation)
-Autonomic (facilitate behavior)
-Hormonal (reinforce autonomic response) |
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Involved in emotional responses
-region of the amygdala that receives info from the basolateral division and projects to other parts of the brain |
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| What kind of response occurs when there is a (1) lesion of the CE, (2) stimulation of the CE, and (3) if the CE is removed? |
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1) no response
2) show signs of fear
3) unable to be classically or operantly conditioned |
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| Increased activity in the CE is likely in what type of disorder? |
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| What relationship does serotonin have with aggression |
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| Serotonin inhibits and controls aggression |
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| What part of the brain is key for inhibition? |
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Found that facial expressions of emotion uses species-specific facial muscle movement
-6 expressions (happiness, surprise, fear, anger, disgust, sadness) |
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| Volitional facial paresis |
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Cannot voluntarily express emotion with their face
-caused by damage to the face region of the primary motor cortex |
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Cannot produce genuine, involuntary facial expressions
-caused by damage to the prefrontal cortex |
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| What roles do the right and left hemispheres of the cerebral cortex play in the communication of emotions? |
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Right: comprehends emotion
Left: recognizes words and their meanings |
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Cannot identify meaning, but can identify emotion
-occurs with damage to the left hemisphere |
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| Activity in the right hemisphere of the somatosensory cerebral cortex in relation to emotion suggests what? |
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| When we see a facial expression, we unconsciously imagine ourselves doing it |
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| What role does the amygdala play in the expression and recognition of emotions? |
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| Not involved in expression, only recognition |
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