Emotion
Two cognitive processess affected by emotion
memory, decision-making, thinking, learning, motivation
Name of the scientist who forwarded the theory of emotional brain
Joseph Ledoux
Human is attached to human nature
true
Joseph Ledoux, the neuroscientist, attributes the origin of emotions to:
biology, evolution
What is an emotion?
Is a subjective experience which includes a physiological response and a behavioral or expressive response triggered by external stimuli or internal thoughts
Joseph LeDoux's theory of the emotional brain emphasizes the role of subcortical structures, particularly:
the amygdala
Name the 6 basic emotions
happiness, saddness, fear, anger, surpise and disgust
Conscious emotions, however, are learned through
experience
Name the psychologist who theorised that the facial expression of these emotions is universal
Paul Ekman
Name the two pathways of emotion according to Ledoux
1. sensory thalamus to the amygdala
2. sensory thalamus- sensory cortex- hippothalamus emotional response