PS263 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sunscreen, Procedural Memory, Hyperthymesia
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2 3 days of continuous deprivation experience micro sleeps, naps of 2 3 seconds after excessive sleep deprivation, cognitive enhancers enhance select aspects of cognition in normal healthy young adults studies of sleep deprivation little effect: physical strength and motor performance affected larger effect: executive function (prefrontal cortex) assimilating changing information, updating plans and strategies, innovative thinking, reference memory. 5ht2a (serotonin): specific polymorphism associated with a possessive and dependent romantic attachment, characterized by self defeating emotions fmri of intensely in love shown pictures of loved one activation of the ventral tegmental area (near midbrain, reward) and caudate (in basal ganglia, motivation path) fmri of just got dumped response to pictures of previously loved one activation of nucleus accumbens (reward pathway) and orbitofrontal cortex (decision making, obsessive compulsive behaviour) fmri of ejaculation activation of the ventral tegmental area and the insula.
