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18 Cards in this Set
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What Limbic structure plays a critical role in attaching emotional significance to stimuli?
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Amygdala
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Bilateral lesions of the amygdala results in what syndrome?
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Kluver Bucy Syndrome
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Seizure activity involving the amygdala can result in what type of increased emotions?
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fear, panic
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James-Lange Theory
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emotion is the perception of bodily changes (no neural circuit implied)/Body - reaction theory
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Cannon Bard Theory
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proposed neural circuit responsive to stimuli but also independent (can experience emotion w/out stimuli)/Central Neural theory
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Papez circuit
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circuit of limbic structures functionally related to produce motivation and emotion
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Lesions of the amygdala result in an increase or decrease of the fear response
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decrease
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Catastrophic and depressed emotional reactions are typically associated with damage to which hemisphere?
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Left
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Indifferent reactions and anosognosia are typically associated with damage to which hemisphere?
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Right
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Affective processing, and interpreting prosodic elements of langauge are roles primarily delegatd to which hemisphere?
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Right
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Beyond the amygdala name 3 other subcortical structures involved in emotions and drives
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hypothalamus, cingulate gyrus,ventral striatum
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The amygdala has primary input/output to subcortical, cortical and olfactory areas. Name 2 cortical connections
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orbital frontal
cingulate cortex heteromodal association cortex |
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Most connections of the amygdala are unidirectional or bidirectional?
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bidirectional
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emotional responses can be conceptualized as having 3 primary components
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behavioral
autonomic hormonal |
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Name 2 "pleasure centers" in the brain
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The nucleus accumbens & septal nuclei both serve the function of "pleasure centers"
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What are the 2 major bundles of fibers that connect the amygdala with other areas of the brain?
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stria terminalis and the ventral amygdalofugal pathway.
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Septal lesions produce what type of reactions in many species?
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Rage
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Destruction of the cingulate gyrus can result in
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Akinetic Mutism and limited affect
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