PSY342H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Temporal Lobe, Orbitofrontal Cortex, Basal Ganglia

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Early psychology was built on the principles of philosophy where emotion and cognition were viewed as two distinct concepts. Plato believed that human being"s have three souls i. e. the intellect, the will and the emotions. Today"s concept of cognitive revolution that builds on the technological advances e. g. computer fails to grasp the concept of emotion. An issue is whether or not emotion can be experienced without cognitive appraisal i. e. the interpretation of the reason for feeling. Zajonc argues that affective judgements (emotional judgements) occur before and independently of cognition. Lazarus argues that emotion cannot be experienced without cognitive appraisal e. g. physiological arousal occurs when you are happy/scared but cognitive interpretation is required to perceive the true emotion behind the arousal. Amygdala is a small structure in the medial temporal lobe anterior to hippocampus that is responsible for emotion. This structure influences and gets influenced by cognition.

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