Cranial nerve of smell, plus olfactory pathway
... memory and emotion. (Remember the limbic gyrus / cingulate gyrus?) Cortical smell centers strongly linked to : – Hippocampus (associative learning/memory) – Amygdala (which processes emotion/mood) In your experience, smells (a certain perfume, chlorine, pumpkin bread…..) that are linked to: – memori ...
... memory and emotion. (Remember the limbic gyrus / cingulate gyrus?) Cortical smell centers strongly linked to : – Hippocampus (associative learning/memory) – Amygdala (which processes emotion/mood) In your experience, smells (a certain perfume, chlorine, pumpkin bread…..) that are linked to: – memori ...
Ch 4 Power Point
... brain. Olfaction is the only sense, therefore, that is not routed through the thalamus • Odors are not easily classified, and primary odors have not really been delineated. • Humans can distinguish among about 10,000 odors, but for some reason have a hard time attaching names to odors quite frequent ...
... brain. Olfaction is the only sense, therefore, that is not routed through the thalamus • Odors are not easily classified, and primary odors have not really been delineated. • Humans can distinguish among about 10,000 odors, but for some reason have a hard time attaching names to odors quite frequent ...
Chapter 3 Outline
... c. Fast and slow pain systems (1) The myelinated A-delta fibers transmit the sharp, intense, but short-lived pain of the immediate injury (2) The smaller, unmyelinated C fibers transmit the longerlasting throbbing, burning pain of injury (3) Most C fibers produce substance P, a pain enhancer that st ...
... c. Fast and slow pain systems (1) The myelinated A-delta fibers transmit the sharp, intense, but short-lived pain of the immediate injury (2) The smaller, unmyelinated C fibers transmit the longerlasting throbbing, burning pain of injury (3) Most C fibers produce substance P, a pain enhancer that st ...
doc - physiologicalcomputing.org
... experiences because highly moving artworks ‘strike a chord’ with the viewer and this resonance activates the medial rPFC area. The second system related to the ToM is the mirror neuron system (MNS), which coactivates actions, intention and emotions of both the self and others (Mahy et al., 2014; Mo ...
... experiences because highly moving artworks ‘strike a chord’ with the viewer and this resonance activates the medial rPFC area. The second system related to the ToM is the mirror neuron system (MNS), which coactivates actions, intention and emotions of both the self and others (Mahy et al., 2014; Mo ...
COLOUR VISION Newton`s Prism Experiments: a white light beam
... Anatomical Tracing Studies: Highly interactive network that integrates information from the senses for conscious perception (Not just Feedforward / strictly hierarchical) ...
... Anatomical Tracing Studies: Highly interactive network that integrates information from the senses for conscious perception (Not just Feedforward / strictly hierarchical) ...
Consciousness - Cognitive Science Department
... Later in evolutionary history we find a very different kind of information process that develops in “more advanced” animals. Again, speaking of the amoeba-like animal, Humphrey says, • “But the light also signifies – as we now know – an objective physical fact, namely the existence of the sun. And, ...
... Later in evolutionary history we find a very different kind of information process that develops in “more advanced” animals. Again, speaking of the amoeba-like animal, Humphrey says, • “But the light also signifies – as we now know – an objective physical fact, namely the existence of the sun. And, ...
Chapter 5 - Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
... 3. Gestalt psychology was founded by German psychologist Max ...
... 3. Gestalt psychology was founded by German psychologist Max ...
Circuits of emotion in the primate brain
... states, especially acute states such as fear or anger, are coupled with enhanced perceptual processing, decision making, action selection, and increased energetic expenditure. The brain-body state triggered by a threatening facial expression, a common event in the daily life of a macaque, exemplifie ...
... states, especially acute states such as fear or anger, are coupled with enhanced perceptual processing, decision making, action selection, and increased energetic expenditure. The brain-body state triggered by a threatening facial expression, a common event in the daily life of a macaque, exemplifie ...
Theories to know
... Know the background terms and be able to give examples of them (motivation, instinct, homeostasis, etc.) Know the different theories of motivation (evolutionary, drive-reduction theory, optimum arousal) and what provides the motivation for each theory Know each of the levels of Maslow’s Hierar ...
... Know the background terms and be able to give examples of them (motivation, instinct, homeostasis, etc.) Know the different theories of motivation (evolutionary, drive-reduction theory, optimum arousal) and what provides the motivation for each theory Know each of the levels of Maslow’s Hierar ...
Emotion and decision-making explained: A prEcis
... by the action system as being the goals for action. The action systems must be built to try to maximize the activation of the representations produced by rewarding events, and to minimize the activation of the representations produced by punishers or stimuli associated with punishers. Drug addiction ...
... by the action system as being the goals for action. The action systems must be built to try to maximize the activation of the representations produced by rewarding events, and to minimize the activation of the representations produced by punishers or stimuli associated with punishers. Drug addiction ...
Sensation and Perception
... • Perception- the process by which sensations are organized and interpreted to form an inner representation of the world, is almost normal. • She recognizes people from their hair, etc., but not face ...
... • Perception- the process by which sensations are organized and interpreted to form an inner representation of the world, is almost normal. • She recognizes people from their hair, etc., but not face ...
EXAM 1 Study Guide
... 2) specific stimuli: habituation is stimulus-specific; that is, it occurs for specific stimuli. If the stimulus is changed, habituation slows down or does not occur. 3) chemical changes: is believed to be associated with a chemical change in the interneurons rather than previously thought change in ...
... 2) specific stimuli: habituation is stimulus-specific; that is, it occurs for specific stimuli. If the stimulus is changed, habituation slows down or does not occur. 3) chemical changes: is believed to be associated with a chemical change in the interneurons rather than previously thought change in ...
Functional neuroimaging of anxiety
... • when we see or encounter something associated with a previous traumatic experience, anxious feelings resurface. • We feel temporarily relieved when we avoid situations which make us anxious, but this only increases anxious feelings the next time we are in the same position, and we will want to esc ...
... • when we see or encounter something associated with a previous traumatic experience, anxious feelings resurface. • We feel temporarily relieved when we avoid situations which make us anxious, but this only increases anxious feelings the next time we are in the same position, and we will want to esc ...
test prep
... Discuss the different levels of processing that occur as information travels from the retina to the brain’s cortex. Define parallel processing, and discuss its role in visual information processing. Explain how the Young-Helmholtz and opponent-process theories help us understand color vision. Explai ...
... Discuss the different levels of processing that occur as information travels from the retina to the brain’s cortex. Define parallel processing, and discuss its role in visual information processing. Explain how the Young-Helmholtz and opponent-process theories help us understand color vision. Explai ...
PPSI 2002 Short Research Summaries
... Lene Arnett Jensen Summary: A Cultural-Developmental Approach to Moral Psychology The aim of my presentation was to argue that the study of morality is central to positive psychology because the quest to make moral sense of experiences and the quest to be good are fundamental to the human condition. ...
... Lene Arnett Jensen Summary: A Cultural-Developmental Approach to Moral Psychology The aim of my presentation was to argue that the study of morality is central to positive psychology because the quest to make moral sense of experiences and the quest to be good are fundamental to the human condition. ...
Glutamate
... • Female monkeys (reared this way) were very poor mothers, especially with first born. Their behaviors were timid, emotionally over excitable. • No type of conventional therapy (not drugs) provided any long-lasting restoration of normal social function. • The most effective approach was exposure to ...
... • Female monkeys (reared this way) were very poor mothers, especially with first born. Their behaviors were timid, emotionally over excitable. • No type of conventional therapy (not drugs) provided any long-lasting restoration of normal social function. • The most effective approach was exposure to ...
... In this dissertation we address the issue of understanding the phenomenon of human emotions. To do so we pose the question of how we can construct biologically plausible embodied models of emotions. The motivation to ask this question is based on our strong belief that we can understand the nature o ...
Masking, conscious access, and the blind spot of introspection
... I will show that introspection is often a valid source of information that, combined with neuroimaging methods, can provide a window into the architecture underlying conscious processing. A first series of masking experiments probed introspective reports of target visibility. Visibility reports prov ...
... I will show that introspection is often a valid source of information that, combined with neuroimaging methods, can provide a window into the architecture underlying conscious processing. A first series of masking experiments probed introspective reports of target visibility. Visibility reports prov ...
Difficulty (part of the hypothesis)
... IPS is involved in bottom-up saliency computation, and FEF is involved in forming task set (template). ...
... IPS is involved in bottom-up saliency computation, and FEF is involved in forming task set (template). ...
The Autonomic Nervous System
... Information about the external and internal environments presents itself as different forms of energy (sound, light) The sensory receptors respond to these stimuli; the rest of the nervous system responds chiefly to neurotransmitters The process by which a stimulus is transformed into an electrical ...
... Information about the external and internal environments presents itself as different forms of energy (sound, light) The sensory receptors respond to these stimuli; the rest of the nervous system responds chiefly to neurotransmitters The process by which a stimulus is transformed into an electrical ...
Skeletal System
... Information about the external and internal environments presents itself as different forms of energy (sound, light) The sensory receptors respond to these stimuli; the rest of the nervous system responds chiefly to neurotransmitters The process by which a stimulus is transformed into an electrical ...
... Information about the external and internal environments presents itself as different forms of energy (sound, light) The sensory receptors respond to these stimuli; the rest of the nervous system responds chiefly to neurotransmitters The process by which a stimulus is transformed into an electrical ...
Defining the Self: The Orientation Association Area
... based on a number of research studies that have measured how specific areas of the brain function such as those described above. For example, a number of brain imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging have demonstrated how this area is activated during tasks that require the manip ...
... based on a number of research studies that have measured how specific areas of the brain function such as those described above. For example, a number of brain imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging have demonstrated how this area is activated during tasks that require the manip ...