This is a visual English summary of the SECOND part of the biological and cognitive psychology course at the VU Amsterdam (first years). Based on the lectures & the books (Goldstein: cognitive pyschology & Carlson: Physiology of behavior)
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Emotions = a
response of our brain to a positive or negative event which results in a certain behavior d physiological responses
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↳ Valuable to survival .
Emotions we experience today have endured natural selection .
LD Ekman & Friesen have classified 6 basic based facial
emotions on
similarity in expressions across cultures
↳ all other emotions are combinations
Anxietyefear
→ The amygdala is an important brain structure related to the generation of fear
→
fear is often studied by means of fear
conditioning in animals
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of
a measure emotional response
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stress hormones
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( action )
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ventromedial cortex is important controlling emotional .
↳ works by controlling the amygdala (with GABA )
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Evidence :
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damage to the VMPFC causes a
change in emotional behavior
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The amygdala (emotional behavior ) develops earlier than the prefrontal lobe
↳ aggressive behavior in children t correlated with
amygdala volume
activity is found in
particularly impulsive emotional killers
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is also in to with
damage more make a rational
The hippocampus ,
stress & cortisol
to The hippocampus can activate the amygdala based on learned fears
↳ This is positive because it can protect us from negative consequences
↳ negative because thinking of
negative consequences (without them
happening ) can also lead to stress
lanxiety too
damaging long - term
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BE Depressed people generally have higher cortisol levels
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& disrupted
BB
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This will lead to :
⑦ Inhibition of the hippocampus by receptor down regulation
BE Cortisol will reduce the amount of receptors in the hippocampus . They will fire less or not at all I no firing = death .
B- This can lead to problems too often observed in depressives
memory
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with
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Subjective feelings of emotions
BE Besides physiological reactions & behavioral changes ,
emotions in humans come with subjective feelings
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awake of waking up spontaneously
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waves just = to dreams with strong emotions & bad recall
the When
•
lateral geniculate nucleus ( LONI to the visual cortex woken up , you 'll be disoriented & drowsy
leading to eye movements l story like but non -
logical dreaming
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