01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Walter Bradford Cannon, Autonomic Nervous System, Paul Ekman

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr.John Ackroff

Document Summary

Hq of emotion : cognition and emotion, what we think (cognition) can change the way we feel, if we see the situation as joyful, we feel joy. If we see the situation as sad, we get sad: the high road : sensory input thalamus sensory cortex prefrontal cortex amygdala. This is slow and we think about it: the low road : sensory input amygdala fear response. 1: ex: raising the inner part of your eyebrows reveals worry, china hand clapping means you"re worrie, usa thumbs up means it"s a-okay, but in brazil it means up yours. Men don"t cry : culture and emotional expression, gestures have different meanings throughout the world. Examples : facial expressions are pretty universal, regardless of one"s culture. 9/10 were no longer depressed two months later: to increase empathy, let your face mimic the person you"re with. Forgiving someone for doing you wrong is a remedy for ill feelings.