PSY 3391 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Vasopressin, Amygdala, Olfactory Bulb
29 Dec 2017
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Scent marking: advertise e territoriality and thus prevent an aggressive encounter, a form of communication after a ght. Vasopressin plays an important role in ank-marking. Higher levels of testosterone in saliva were visible when playing a challenging rival vs. a moderate rival. Higher levels of testosterone when they"re playing on their home territory rather than away in another territory. Rely a lot on olfactory cues that are receives from the olfactory bulb, will go to the medial amygdala, will activate aha, pvc, bnst, las follow the chart. In a case where the animal is stressed, the stress will activate the ofc which will directly hit the mea. Primates aren"t as sensitive to olfactory cues, rather more on visual and auditory cues. Will activate the frontal cortex or immediately activate the mea. The frontal cortex will evaluate the situation, if we need to engage in aggressive behaviour it wont do anything listen to recording.
