PSY331H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Botulinum Toxin, Nasal Spray, Social Desirability Bias
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Ans: receives and sends signals to other parts of the body, makes changes guided by the brain, happening below conscious awareness. Homeostasis is a dynamic balance between the autonomic branches. In charge of mobilizing your body for action. Inhibit flow of saliva: sympathetic activity dominates, accelerate heart, redirects energy so you can respond to stressful context you are in, dampens processes that aren"t needed at the time, revving the body up. Emotion is the perception of the body: is there autonomic specificity, yes, each emotion has a different physiological responding, we have moved away from this a bit, specificity is interesting though. Ans changes depending on what emotions we are feeling. Directed facial action task: 1) wrinkle your nose, 2) raise your upper lip, 3) open your body and stick out your tongue. Participants made to configure their face in 6 different emotion actions their physiology would be measured during that time.
