PSY397H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paradise Fish, Mesolimbic Pathway, Fear Conditioning
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Understand complex human situations needs the amygdala cue. Gene manipulation amygdala, measure behavioural response. Dysfunction pain perception would be normal; context, after pain is gone there is no emotional impact, they don"t care about the pain they have no motivation. Tone cue will have no response since they do not care about the tone. Both tests with similar behaviour there is no issue with hippocampus, freeze in training to they perceive the shock, they are able to stay put so no hyperactivity. Motivation is an issue or fundamental learning process is disrupted for hippocampal dependent and independent learning. Multiple forms of tests because of interpretation. Cue starts neutral and becomes conditioned stimulus. Two tests to judge if there is impairment. Strong salient cue causes one to one pairing and not anything else. Issue in one test and normal in the others in the background. Freezing occurs early because contextual cues can include handling.
