PSY-220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Propranolol, Psychoneuroimmunology, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

• School: University of Tampa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY-220
• Professor: Odgaard, Eric C

Document Summary

What is emotion: psychologists define emotion in terms of three components, cognition, action, feeling. Brain areas associated with emotion: emotional experiences arouse many areas of the brain, the limbic system includes the forebrain areas surrounding the thalamus, traditionally been regarded as critical for emotion. Brain areas associated with emotion (cont. : the insular cortex is strongly activated during exposure to stimuli perceived as. Disgusting : different parts react to different types of disgusting scenes, also the primary taste cortex, also reacts to frightening stimuli and angry faces, so not completely dedicated to disgust. Brain areas associated with emotion (cont. : the two hemispheres of the brain play different roles in emotion, activation of the frontal and temporal areas of the left hemisphere is associated with. Attack and escape behaviors: attack and escape behaviors are closely related physiologically and behaviorally, corresponding behaviors are anger and fear. Anxiety disorders (cont"d. : ethyl alcohol has behavioral effects similar to benzodiazepines, alcohol enhances gaba effects.