PSYCH 2B03 Chapter 8: Chapter 8
18 Jan 2019
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Chapter 8: the anatomy and physiology of personality. Brain damage: becomes possible to draw conclusions by keeping track of the specific problems caused by brain damage to different parts. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri): monitors magnetic pulses generated by oxygen in the blood to map where the brain is most active at a given moment. The amygdala: amygdala: small structure located near the base of the brain, appears to link perceptions and thoughts about the world with their emotional meaning. Suffer with the inability to understand the emotions of others and to appropriately regulate their own impulses and feelings. Somatic marker hypothesis: emotions enable people to make decisions that maximize good outcomes and minimize bad ones, and to focus on what is really important. The lessons of psychosurgery: the side effects became too obvious to ignore and began to be widely publicized. In an excitatory effect, the second neuron fires, which causes the release of neurotransmitters at its other end.
