PSYC23H3 Lecture 11: PSYC23 - lecture 11 - 03-29-12.docx
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Having a lot of vagal activity when you"re resting; a model in your mind could be you know how you feel when you have. If you got a lot of these we playfully call vagal dollars, we can withdraw that. If you"re in a challenge you want to be able to withdraw and spend these vagal dollars. If someone comes up to the soldier security guard there, he can withdraw from vagus and do something about the person who is disrupting him. Species differ; mammal vs. reptile, and which vagal system they will be using, associated with behavioural strategies. When people are challenged, they let go of that brake in the pns. You withdraw, and the sympathetic system kicks in. Captain kirk; that smart use of vagus is associated with him. There are people speaking of individual differences who just don"t have enough vagal activity. People who are depressed have really low vagal activity.
