PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Somatic Theory, Thalamus
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Somatic theory of emotions emphasizes the causal role of bodily responses in. Physiological reactions determine emotion (e. g. crying causes us to feel experiencing of emotion sad) Eliciting stimulus autonomic response perception of emotion. People"s bodies do not respond instantaneously to emotional stimulus, yet people experience emotion immediately. Proposed that when we encounter emotional situation, thalamus sends messages to both cortex and body"s organs. Eliciting stimulus thalamus autonomic response and conscious emotion. Animals with severed nerves from organs to brain still could experience emotion. Facial feedback hypothesis feedback to brain from face might play a key role in. Positive or negative emotional responses can be triggered by contractions determining the nature and intensity of emotion that we experience of specific face muscles. Vascular theory of emotional feedback tensing facial muscles alters temperature of blood entering brain by controlling volume of air inhaled by nose. All emotional responses require some sort of appraisal. Strong emphasis in link between cognitive appraisal and arousal.
