That's Involved Too!
While the amygdala is well known for processing fearful stimuli, we have found evidence that it reacts to these as well.
What are Positive Emotions?
Examining members of this particular profession helped us to show that Hippocampus development is related to spatial navigation. I sure hope we didn't have to pay them each a full fare.
Who are London Black Cab drivers?
What is Exercise?
While the HPA Axis which handles cortisol is a key compnent of stress reactions, this system is also activated by stressful situations.
What is the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)?
Doing this caused animals to display aggression, or even attack what they were focused on! Good thing our house pets don't have electrodes ready to go.
What is stimulating the Amygdala (or Hypothalamus)?
Suddenly feel like there's something you should do next? Perhaps this brain region has held on to an old pattern or habit for you "helpfully".
What is the Striatum?
While most of us would predict that what we experience and our unique mental take on it affects our emotions, this third factor is often overlooked, as people think of it as only a symptom, not a cause.
What are Physiological Reactions? (Physical sensations)
When we asked this artistic task of patient SM, she simply couldn't do it. I do feel bad for the baby though.
What is drawing a fearful face?
Feeling like you forgot something? If you're a psychology student, you may immediately worry that tangles of this have built up inside your neurons. Don't worry yet though, it's much more likely you just weren't paying attention.
What is Tau protein?
The Amygdala is most commonly known to process fear, but it is also related to these kinds of memories; scary or not!
What are emotionally charge memories?
Someone who's brain has been split cannot do this, and may instead show you two separate ideas. Must make it hard to understand some movie titles.
What is combining two words into one?
This particular brain region is critical for identifying faces. Now if only we knew which one held names...
What is the Fusiform Gyrus?
We often think of the Kidneys for cleaning out our blood, but a portion of them also performs this important stress-response element.
What is creating cortisol?
This is the specific name for asking people to change their initial impression of an emotional image, so we can see what regions of the brain are active while they do.
What is a Reappraisal Paradigm?
Know you heard that word before, but can't quite place it? Perhaps there wasn't enough activity of this neurotransmitter in your brain; it's crticial for the formation of memories after all.
What is Glutamate?