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Biological Theories

Biological Theories. Rationale Papers: 1. Swanson, L.W. (2000). Cerebral hemisphere regulation of motivated behavior . Brain Research, 886 , 113-164. 2. LeDoux, J.E. (1998). The Emotional Brain. Chapter 6: A few degrees of separation . New York: Simon and Schuster.

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Biological Theories

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  1. Biological Theories • Rationale • Papers: • 1. Swanson, L.W. (2000). Cerebral hemisphere regulation of motivated behavior. Brain Research, 886, 113-164. • 2. LeDoux, J.E. (1998). The Emotional Brain. Chapter 6: A few degrees of separation. New York: Simon and Schuster. • 3. Gray, J.A. (1995). A model of the limbic system and basal ganglia: applications to anxiety and schizophrenia. In Gazzaniga, M.S. (Ed.). The Cognitive Neurosciences (pp. 1165-1176). Cambridge: MIT Press. • 4. Carver, C. S., & Scheier, M. F. (1998). Chapter 5: Goals and behavior. In Authors, On the self-regulation of behavior (pp. 10-82). Selected Readings. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

  2. The nature of reality • Networks of complex causation • There is far more to reality than you see • There is far more to reality than you can see

  3. The world is framed

  4. The world is framed

  5. Proliferation and Death Natural Selection: The solution to the frame problem

  6. Brain Systems

  7. The world must be framed • Motivation sets frame • Not “goals,” not “drives,” not “reflexes” • Includes goals, emotions, perceptions, actions • Emotions track progress • Ahead • Stop, Back

  8. The world is framed • Motivation sets goals • Emotions track progress towards goals • There is some overlap, because there is no single “motivation” system and no single “emotion” system

  9. Basic Motivations? • Hunger • Thirst • Pain • Anger/Aggression • Thermoregulation • Panic/Escape • Affiliation/Care • Sexual Desire • Exploration • Play • Self Maintenance • Ingestive • Defensive • Self Propagation • Reproductive

  10. Hypothalamus

  11. Basic Emotions? • Approach (behavioral activation) • Curiosity • Joy • Hope • Interest • Defense & avoidance (flight & behavioral inhibition) • Pain • Anxiety • Disgust

  12. Normal or Incremental Anomaly

  13. Order and Chaos Revolutionary Anomaly

  14. Vinogradova

  15. Hippocampus • Old idea • Compares what is expected to what is • Problem: what is • New idea • Compares model of what is to what is desired

  16. Amygdala • Mismatch • Hippocampal disinhibition • of reticular activating system inputs • to amygdala

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