L33 Psych 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Frontal Lobe, Auditory Cortex, Feedback
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Self vs. other knowledge, stereotypes, personality morality/ethics. Even for implicit judgments (not asked to judge trustworthiness) Responds to consensus judgment more than individual"s judgment. Amygdala patients (bilateral lesion) respond the same to highly trustworthy faces as controls, but say faces generally ranked untrustworthy are neutral or only slightly trustworthy. Shown in discriminable activity in the amygdala. Supraliminal deactivation of amygdala correlates with activity in. These regions might be engaged to control automatic amygdala activity in alignment with social goals. The self reference effect (sre): memory for self-referential words is higher than for other categories. Less activity in tpj in autism for judgment tasks involving intention. Also less connectivity between tpj and ventral premotor cortex (mirror neuron system) Emotional responses to stimuli, events serve as biases on decision making (gut feelings and instincts) Helps make rapid decisions, narrow options, reduce cognitive load. Two patients with damage to vmpfc at early age.
