PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes -Amygdala, Security Alarm, Alexithymia
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Patient had split bran operation for epilepsy (sever the corpus callosum to separate left and right hemispheres). Despite these two sides being separated, the patients iq, personality, language and ability to engage in meaningful interaction remained intact. If information is presenting in left visual field, it is processed in right hemisphere and crosses over. However, in split brain patient (since the hemispheres cannot communicate), right hemisphere responds more readily to the emotional content of stimuli, while the left is more ready to interpret experience in terms of language. Appraisal and emotion: appraisal: when events are evaluated and assigned value, primary appraisal: process is automatic (reflex-like) and unconscious. Secondary appraisal: emotions usually directed to particular objects and people and can often be described in words; potentially conscious and thought-like. Historical background and concepts: chrysippus a stoic distinguished between initial movements that were automatic (unavoidable) and secondary movements which involved mental thought (more up to us ).
