PSYC 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex, Blood Sugar, Negative Feedback

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3
• Professor: mis

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Vmpfc= ventromedial prefrontal cortex when choose the emotional response, activation in vmpfc if damage in vmpfc, then they will choose to push the guy. Adaptive behavioral responses to nutrient deficiencies, metabolic imbalances, and other threats to the internal milieu in order to maintain certain critical survival variables at optimal levels. Slide 5 not to memorize just appreciate. No cer (wont know what predicts it happening) Like youre running and you start sweating (point to lower your body temp) The correctional mechanism will turn itself off when not needed anymore (youll stop sweating when you stop running or else body temp would be too low) Blood glucose needs to get there through food. Glucose is converted to glycogen (storage form of glucose that"s in the. Eat a meal carbohydrates are converted to glucose and blood glucose goes up which triggers: Pancreas releases insulin (lets cells in your body take in glucose) Cells take in glucose (and then when full )