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Notes: 1. Exam corrections and assignment 3 due Thursday. 2. Last exam – last day of class 3. Chapter 24 reading assignment - pgs. 704 - 707. “ Emotion ”. . Human Neuropsychology (486 / 686) Lecture Chapter 20. 2. Feeling Emotion.
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Notes: 1. Exam corrections and assignment 3 due Thursday. 2. Last exam – last day of class 3. Chapter 24 reading assignment - pgs. 704 - 707
“Emotion” . Human Neuropsychology (486 / 686) Lecture Chapter 20 2
Feeling Emotion • Six basic emotional expressions: SadnessHappiness, Surprise, Fear, Anger, Disgust
What is Emotion? • Four behavioral components of emotion • Physiology • Distinctive motor behavior • Self-reported cognition • Unconscious behavior
Historical Views: Investigating the Anatomy – diencephalon and affective responses The Emotional Brain – Papez • Cortical Connections of Emotion – KlüverBucy Syndrome, Psychosurgery
Studies in Normal Subjects Production of Affective Behavior – facial expression Perception of relevant stimuli – vision, audition Personality differences
Brain Circuits for Emotion Amygdala and Prefrontal cortex especially important
Neuropsychological Theories of Emotion • Damasio’s Somatic Marker Hypothesis - When confronted with a stimulus of biological importance, the brain and body change • - fundamental to survival • necessary for rationale decisions
Neuropsychological Theories of Emotion • LeDoux’s Cognitive-Emotional Interactions -
Neuropsychological Theories of Emotion • Cognitive Asymmetry and Emotion • Right hemisphere more engaged in automatic components of emotion • Generates strong emotions • Left hemisphere plays a role in the cognitive control of emotion • Interprets emotions
Asymmetry in Emotional Processing • The Production of Emotional Behavior Left hemisphere – depression, emotional reactions Right hemisphere – indifference, tone of voice
Asymmetry: Temporal Lobe Damage Right temporal lobe – obsessive Left temporal lobe – personal destiny
Social Cognitive Neuroscience • Understanding Other’s Actions • STS, Premotor cortex • Understanding Other’s Mind • Frontal lobe, Amygdala, STS cortex • The Self and Social Cognition • Right frontoparietal network, Cortical midline network • Cognitive Control of Emotion • prefrontal and cingulate cortex