Neural theories of emotion
This term is used to describe the level of physiological and psychological activation of an individual's nervous system, which can range from high to low
This peripheral measure of emotional arousal increases with mental load and attention.
pupillometry (pupil dilation)
List one of the criticisms of the limbic system leveled by Joseph LeDoux
ok, circular logic, so vague its useless
These two words are the best description for how the brain represents extinction of a conditioned response.
New Learning
This number refers to the maximum number of people an individual can hypothetically maintain stable social relationships with.
What is Dunbar's number, estimated 150
This theory is most associated with Paul Ekman and posits that emotions fall within 7 discrete categories.
What is basic emotion theory.
The skin conductance response is a measure of sweating from these sweat glands.
Eccrine sweat glands.
This phenomena is the name given for individuals who cannot consciously see an emotional stimulus, but show increased amygdala activation.
Affective blindsight
This "return of fear" phenomena is characterized by a post-extinction increase in the conditioned response by an unsignaled presentation of the unconditioned stimulus.
Reinstatement
This feeling is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, depression, substance use, and poor sleep.
What is loneliness
The Schachter & Singer study administered epinephrine to unsuspecting college students. This famous study showed that arousal does not cause emotion, it ______________ emotions.
modulates
This measure quantifies the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. It is considered healthier with bradycardia.
heart rate variability
This is the approximate timescale for the production of an acoustic startle reflex in rodents.
10 milliseconds
This form of emotion regulation develops later in humans and involves the lateral prefrontal cortex.
What is reappraisal
The size of this brain region has been shown to correlate with the size of your social network.
What is the amygdala and orbital prefrontal cortex
This sulcus divides the premotor and motor cortex
Central sulcus
This is the number of seconds that it takes the BOLD signal to peak in functional MRI.
around 7
Name three types of stimuli, other than fear-related stimuli, that reliably activate the amygdala.
faces, reward, pain, food cues, novel stimuli, etc.
Lesions to this brain region would prevent the consolidation and expression of fear extinction.
The infralimbic cortex, or vmPFC in humans.
This term is used to describe the ability to attribute mental states, such as beliefs, intentions, and desires, to oneself and others, and is often studied in social neuroscience research on social cognition and social behavior
What is Theory of Mind
This divides the human brain into distinct regions based on the organization of its neurons and cytoarchitecture, and is often used in social neuroscience research to study the functional and anatomical organization of the brain
What are Brodmann areas.
This actress is science-famous for having "a neuron" named after her, where pictures of her face and name repeatedly and selectively activated the same neuron.
Jennifer Aniston
This brain region, shaped like a celery stalk, is involved in processing pain, bladder control, predatory pursuit, and freezing behavior.
Periaqueductal gray
This drug, commonly prescribed for motion sickness, has been shown to promote the generalization of extinction learning to new contexts.
This brain region is associated with processing social information that involves understanding the intentions of others.
What is the temporoparietal junction (TPJ). (Also the medial PFC and ACC)