PSY494H1 Lecture Notes - Stim, Basal Ganglia, Electrodermal Activity
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Emotions drive us don"t know what it is. Structure to the brain not explanation of emotion. You have psych contents provides different lens to view emotion brain activity. Not course pointing to parts of the brain and say this does this. Can look in the brain go beyond introspection. Brain org useful brain distinguish between them and curious about brain states. Current status of amygdala central to what we think emotions are. Subcortical structure amygdaloid complex own primitive brain brain within your brain. Zajonc informed by neuroscience distinct computations of strucutures in the brian that do emotions neurosocience looks for specialized structures. Is emotion separate faculty from other cognitive faculties. Question can separate cognition from emotion. Or no spate emotion all part of cognition zajonc says they should be separate. Functionally emotions should be separate of functions of higher level cognitions and parts of brain responsible for them. Ability do math reason are parts brain necessary.
